Mafia: The Old Country

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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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/mafia--the-old-country

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 development studio?Hangar 13
2. What is the publisher?2K
3. What is Mafia: The Old Country about?It is a game set in early 1900s Sicily where a young boy named Enzo Favara gets involved with a crime family called the Torrisi.
4. Who is Enzo Favara?Enzo is a young boy who works in sulfur mines and later becomes part of the Torrisi family.

Prequel: A narrative work that precedes and provides background for a previously existing work.
Carusu: A historical term for young boys employed in Sicilian sulfur mines, often under arduous conditions.
Omertà: A code of silence and non-cooperation with authorities, traditionally associated with the Mafia.
Action-adventure game: A video game genre combining elements of action and adventure, emphasizing exploration and combat.