Optional vocabulary is always due the day of the unit
test (with the exception of the first two identifications, or unless otherwise specifically stated). The optional vocabulary is worth a maximum of 3 extra credit points. To receive full credit you must:
1) Define the term in your own words in one or two sentences (no more, no less);
2) Discuss the significance or importance of the vocabulary term in one or two
sentences (no more, no less).
| 1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (strengths and weaknesses) |
| 2. Purchasing Power Parity (e.g., Big Mac Index) |
| 3. Human Development Index |
| 4. Rostow's Modernization Model |
| 5. Wallerstein's World-Systems Theory |
| 6. Washington Consensus and Structural Adjustment Loans |
| 7. Neoliberalism and Foreign Direct Investment |
| 8. Special Economic Zones (EPZs/FTZs/SEZs) |
| 9. Barriers to Development |
| 10. Nongovernmental Organizations |