This unit of study is meant to introduce students to types and characteristics of governments and economies that exist throughout the world, today. The unit covers the following topics: Government & its Five Common Divisions, Civics, Constitution, Anarchy, Monarchy (Absolute & Limited/Constitutional), Democracy (Direct & Representative), Republic, Aristocracy (Plutocracy), Theocracy, Oligarchy, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Autocracy (Dictatorship/Despotism), Democratic-Republic, Econom