Certainly, here are the matching descriptions with the corresponding terms or names:
1. Galileo Galilei - c. Italian scientist who made astronomical observations that supported the theories of Copernicus
2. Isaac Newton - e. English scientist who discovered the law of gravity
3. Enlightenment - h. intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
4. Catherine the Great - b. Russian empress who was considered an enlightened despot
5. John Locke - a. English philosopher who proposed that a government's power comes from the consent of the citizens and that citizens have the right to rebel against unjust rulers
6. Montesquieu - g. French writer who proposed the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances in government
7. Voltaire - f. French philosophe who promoted freedom of speech
8. Mary Wollstonecraft - d. early proponent of women's rights