There will be two essays and you will have to answer one of them. Each identification term will be worth 10 points, and the essay will be worth the remaining 80 points, for a total of 100 points. Since the essay is worth 4 times the value of the ID terms, you might want to begin the exam by writing the essay, and do the ID terms last. Another solution is to do the ID terms first and stopping after 10 minutes no matter how far you get and then writing the essay. You should allocate no more than 10 minutes of the exam time to completing the ID's, and give the remaining 40 minutes over to planning and writing the essay.
Some people write out an outline, others merely make list of terms to reming themselves.
Either way the time is well spent, since you can start writing with purpose and direction and if you forget something, you have a handy list of reminders to get you back on track. The ID terms wiill be drawn from the words that I have put on the board for each lecture. This last piece of an identification, why , is often hardest for students. Explaining the historical significance of a term is the most important and most frequently neglected part of a good identification. For the essay, read the question carefully.