World War I

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Across
  1. 2. One-sided information used by a government to persuade the public.
  2. 3. New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death. (2 words)
  3. 5. Alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. (2 words)
  4. 6. World War I Alliance that included Great Britain, France, and Russia. (2 words)
  5. 9. Stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border. (2 words)
  6. 10. This was sent to Mexico hoping it would ally itself with Germany against the US. (2 words)
  7. 12. America’s president who kept us out of the war until 1917. (2 words)
  8. 16. The region of France that became a bloody stalemate. (2 words)
  9. 17. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought.
  10. 18. The policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war.
Down
  1. 1. Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth. (2 words)
  2. 4. New warship introduced by Germany that used undersea torpedoes.
  3. 7. The region of Europe called a “powder keg” because it was so volatile. (2 words)
  4. 8. An agreement to stop fighting.
  5. 11. Leader of Russia up until 1917. (2 words)
  6. 13. Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the east. (2 words)
  7. 14. Ruler of Germany during WWI. (3 words)
  8. 15. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in WWI.