Types of Government Types of Social Scientists Lesson 1-3
1. Monarchy A political system in which a country is ruled by a monarch, who has absolute control. (king, queen, emperor, pharaoh)
2. Direct Democracy A form of democracy in which political power is exercised by the citizens without representatives acting of their behalf.
3. Republic A political process in which the people control the government through elected representatives. (also called an indirect democracy)
4. Theocracy A government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion; often with a leader believed to have divine guidance
5. Archaeologist A person who studies the remains of a culture (fossils, relics, monuments, and artifacts left by past civilizations)
A person who studies events of the past. 6. Historian A person who studies events of the past.
7. Anthropologist A person who studies human beings; especially their physical characteristics, their origin, their environment, their social relations, and their culture
8. Geologist A person who studies the history of the Earth and its life as recorded in rocks and rock layers.