The Renaissance Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Someone who is punished for the errors of others (9)
  2. 4. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason (8)
  3. 5. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations (10)
  4. 8. A middle way between two extremes (10)
  5. 10. Previous determination as if by destiny or fate (14)
  6. 12. To declare invalid (5)
  7. 13. An idealistic social reformer (7)

Down

  1. 1. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  2. 3. A way of regarding situations or topics etc (11)
  3. 4. Having the sun as the center (12)
  4. 6. The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world (11)
  5. 7. A characteristic language of a particular group (10)
  6. 9. An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires (10)
  7. 11. Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live (6)
  8. 14. A regular customer (6)