Alphabet Inc.

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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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/alphabet-inc

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. What is the corporate structure?A holding company established through a restructuring of Google in 2015
2. What is the founding executives?Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who remain controlling shareholders and board members
3. Why did Google become part of Alphabet?Google became part of Alphabet to keep its main internet services focused and to let new ideas like self‑driving cars and AI work separately.
4. What are some of Alphabet's "other bets"?Alphabet has projects like Waymo that makes self‑driving cars, Verily that works on health science, and DeepMind that creates smart AI.

Conglomerate Holding Company: A corporate structure owning multiple distinct companies across various industries.
Other Bets: Alphabet's term for its ambitious, long-term research and development projects outside core Google.
Antitrust: Government regulation aimed at preventing monopolies and promoting fair competition in markets.
Intellectual Property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions and artistic works, protected by law.