1. Types of Government Types of Social Scientists
Lesson 1-3

2. 1. Monarchy
A political system in which a country is ruled by a monarch, who has absolute control. (king, queen, emperor, pharaoh)

3. 2. Direct Democracy
A form of democracy in which political power is exercised by the citizens without representatives acting of their behalf.

4. 3. Republic
A political process in which the people control the government through elected representatives. (also called an indirect democracy)

5. 4. Theocracy
A government under the control of a Church or state-sponsored religion; often with a leader believed to have divine guidance

6. 5. Archaeologist
A person who studies the remains of a culture (fossils, relics, monuments, and artifacts left by past civilizations)

7. A person who studies events of the past.
6. Historian
A person who studies events of the past.

8. 7. Anthropologist
A person who studies human beings; especially their physical characteristics, their origin, their environment, their social relations, and their culture

9. 8. Geologist
A person who studies the history of the Earth and its life as recorded in rocks and rock layers.