| A | B |
| Censorship | Restricting access to ideas and information |
| Salons | informal social gatherings |
| Baroque | Greek and Roman traditional architecture |
| Rococo | Art that moved away from religion |
| Enlightened Despots | Absolute rulers who used their power to bring change |
| Frederick the Great | exerted extremely tight control over his subjects |
| Catherine the Great | Empress of Russia |
| Joseph II | An eager student of the Enlightenment |