I can guarantee that there will be IDs from the reading that I have never mentioned in class. Do look all of these up. Occasionally I include IDs that I don't get to in the lectures for one reason or another. If you can't find a term in your notes or the book, ask me about it. Essay questions require that the student gather factual data together into a type of argument, demonstrating both knowledge of factual data and critical thinking about it.
Students fall down on essays in one of two areas.
First, an essay must be based on solid factual data. Some students blather vaguely about the topic with no concrete evidence to support the points they are making. I am looking for specific historical facts when I grade your essay. This is because an essay for a history class must make some kind of historical argument about something. You cannot make a cogent argument without specific data.