The Great War (WWI)

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  1. 5. Name of pre-war partnership linking Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy for mutual protection
  2. 8. His assassination triggered the outbreak of the first world war
  3. 9. A military transport technique in which merchant ships were escorted by destroyers or cruisers for protection against German U-boats
  4. 12. Serbian sponsored terrorist organization focused on liberating Bosnia from Austria-Hungary
  5. 14. Organization created in the aftermath of the World War I for the purpose of resolving differences through diplomacy rather than conflict
  6. 15. Cease-fire; cessation of fighting; effective as of November 11, 1918
  7. 17. Russian communists who opposed the Czar and called for equal distribution of wealth and the end of all private property; they promoted a revolution and withdrew Russia from the war
  8. 18. A policy in which a nation avoids entanglement in the affairs of other nations; policy of the U.S. in the early years of WWI
  9. 19. A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson to encourage peace and to refrain from inflicting vengeance upon defeated nations
  10. 20. Wartime alliance of France, Great Britain, Russia, United States, Japan, Italy, etc.
  11. 22. European peninsula region once ruled for centuries by the Ottoman Empire; independence and growing nationalism in this region contributed to conflict
  12. 23. Effort on the part of nations to expand their influence and gain access to new markets and raw materials by establishing overseas colonies
  13. 24. The formation of partnerships among nations for the assurance of their mutual protection; resulted in a much bigger conflict when war finally came
  14. 25. Responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  15. 26. A telegram sent to a German official in Mexico before World War I; it proposed an alliance with Mexico and the prospect of reconquering American territory in the southwest for Mexico
  16. 28. Conscription of troops, investment in new weaponry, devising of strategy; motivated by desires for preparedness and prevention; made war far more deadly
  17. 30. Allied leaders who participated in drafting the peace agreement in France
  18. 31. Name of pre-war partnership linking France, Russia, and Britain
  19. 32. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF); he was resistant to allowing American troops to find under foreign command; veteran of the Spanish-American War
  20. 33. Peace agreement; called for Germany to accept full responsibility for the war, pay reparations to the victorious Allies, etc.; U.S. never ratified
Down
  1. 1. Absolute monarch of Germany who aspired to strengthen his nation's military and establish a colonial empire; a cousin to the monarch of Russia
  2. 2. Type of Combat conducted by troops utilizing in-ground defensive positions
  3. 3. Supported the Black Hand in its plot to kill Archduke Franz-Ferdinand; issued and refused an ultimatum by Austria-Hungary, thus leading to the outbreak of WWI
  4. 4. President Wilson's plan for promoting cooperation between nations in the aftermath of World War; influence behind the Versailles Treaty
  5. 6. Absolute monarch of Russia; stripped of power as a result of the Communist Revolution; executed with his family in July 1918
  6. 7. Extreme pride of devotion that people have for their country or culture; nurtured rivalries and independence movements
  7. 9. Wartime alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
  8. 10. Employed by Germany out of its desperation to deny the Allies food and supplies from America; fueled American outrage
  9. 11. Called for Germany to wage war on two fronts against Russia and France; Germany would invade France by way of Belgium
  10. 13. A payment for war damages; applied to Germany to a crippling extent after the war
  11. 16. The right of people to decide the nation to which they belong
  12. 17. Neutral nation whose invasion by Germany contributed in expanding the war;
  13. 21. A vow made by Germany promising not to sink merchant vessels without warning and without saving human lives"
  14. 27. Small submarines named after the German word "unterseeboot"; wreaked havoc for a time on Allied shipping
  15. 29. British luxury ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915; 1200 dead including 128 Americans