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| 5918298253 | Philosophes | Intellectuals of the Enlightenment who applied reason and logic to many areas of learning, including politics, economics, and social issues. | 0 | |
| 5918298254 | Salons | A gathering of philosophes in order to share Enlightenment ideas. | 1 | |
| 5918300273 | Empiricism | Theory that all knowledge is derived from sensory experiences. | 2 | |
| 5918301622 | Enlightened Absolutism | Absolute monarchs who attempted to include ideas of the philosophes in their rule. | 3 | |
| 5918303060 | Natural Philosophy | Early discipline of science based primarily on the views of Aristotle that focused on fundamental questions about the nature of the universe, its purpose, and how it functioned. | 4 | |
| 5918305144 | Nicolaus Copernicus | Scientific Revolution scientist who developed the heliocentric model of the universe. | 5 | |
| 5918306390 | Isaac Newton | Scientific Revolution scientist who discovered the universal law of gravitation, in addition to his many other scientific and mathematic contributions | 6 | |
| 5918306391 | John Locke | Enlightenment thinker who believed that all men are born blank slates and are influenced by what they experience in life. He also believed that all men are born with three natural rights, and that a limited government with a social contract between the government and the people was the best way to preserve these rights. | 7 | |
| 5918308103 | Baron de Montesquieu | French philosophe who wrote the Spirit of the Laws | 8 | |
| 5918309459 | Denis Diderot | French philosophe who helped compile the Encyclopedia | 9 | |
| 5918310700 | Catherine the Great | Enlightened despot of Russia during the Enlightenment | 10 | |
| 5918312717 | Haskalah | Enlightenment movement within the Jewish community that promoted study of secular topics and culture in addition to traditional religious studies. | 11 | |
| 5918315980 | Jean Jacques Rousseau | Enlightenment philosophe who wrote The Social Contract | 12 | |
| 5918317372 | Enlightenement | Period of time during which philosophers applied logic, reason, and rationality to questions surrounding government, philosophy, nature, and social issues. | 13 | |
| 5918319299 | The Encyclopedia | Book of Enlightenment ideas covering topics such as science, technology, philosophy, and history. Edited by Denis Diderot. | 14 | |
| 5918320786 | The Social Contract | Written work of Jean Jacques Rousseau that developed the idea of the "noble savage" (men are born good but corrupted by society), and promoted rule by the General Will. | 15 | |
| 5918322348 | Rococo | Style of art during the 18th century that is characterized by elaborate ornamentation with playful, lively themes. | 16 | |
| 5918324086 | Rationalism | Idea that knowledge should be based in experimentation and reason rather than experience or assumption. | 17 | |
| 5918326621 | Galileo Galilei | He was brought before the Italian Inquisition for his theories, signifying the conflict between some of the ideas of the Scientific Revolution, including the heliocentric theory, and the teachings of the Catholic Church. | 18 | |
| 5918327850 | Voltaire | French philosophe who wrote several plays, including the Candide, and who received criticism from both the church and French authorities for his ideas | 19 |
