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I wasn't trying to be snobbish in my comments. I work with students who are immigrants, and spend time in classes with American students. I've seen what they are lie in class. Either they don't want to appear smart, or they really don't bother remembering things because someone else could tell them again later. Also, for world history classes, the names of everyone in a royal family isn't important. Just the ruling monarchs are, and occasionally a spouse if the marriage was an important political one. Knowing the names of Nicholas II's children (Maria, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, and Alexei) isn't that high on the list of things to learn because they didn't do much to affect history.