Alcide De Gasperi

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/alcide-de-gasperi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Alcide De Gasperi born?April 3, 1881
2. Where was Alcide De Gasperi born?Pieve Tesino, Trentino, then part of Austria-Hungary
3. Who was Alcide De Gasperi?Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian leader who guided Italy after World War II and helped start the European Union.
4. What did he do for Italy?He was the last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy and the first Prime Minister of the new Italian Republic, helping the country move from a monarchy to a democracy.

Risorgimento: The 19th-century political and social movement that unified Italy into a single state.
Coalition Government: A government formed by an alliance of two or more political parties to achieve a majority.
European Integration: The process of political, economic, and legal integration among European states.
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC): An organization established in 1951 to pool coal and steel resources, a precursor to the EU.