| A | B |
| Humanism | adopted Greek and Roman beliefs; each individual has value and worth |
| Renaissance Art | baroque style |
| Lutheranism | first Protestant faith |
| Printing Press | invented by Johann Gutenberg |
| Inquisition | Jews and other minorities were persecuted by the Spanish |
| Philosophe | philosophers who believed in Locke and Newton |
| Enlightenment | Europe's new thinkers believed that their scientific approach helped illuminate and clarify both the natural world and the study of human behavior |
| Encyclopedie | covered everything then known about science, tech., and history by Diderot |
| Scientific Method | developed by Bacon; careful observations -> hypothesis ->experiment ->prove/disprove hypothesis |
| Salons | gatherings where new philosophies were discussed |
| Checks and Balances | idea developed by Montesquieu |
| Natural Rights | life, liberty, and property; idea developed by Locke |
| Enlightened Despots | monarchs who followed the Enlightenment |
| Heliocentric | sun is the center |
| Armada | invasion attempt on England by King Philip II of Spain |
| Absolute Monarchs | a king or queen ruling by divine right |
| Divine Right of Kings | their power came directly from God |
| Magna Carta | Great Charter- king was bound by law; nobles forced King John to sign it |
| English Bill of Rights | put limits on royal power |
| Parliament | England's govt. |
| Democracy | govt. by the peopl |
| House of Commons | knights and Burgesses half of Parliament |