Chapter 13 Crossword Abigail Hildebrand

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  1. 2. the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). ... After the war, he helped negotiate a peace treaty that included a plan for the League of Nations.
  2. 3. statesman and journalist who was a dominant figure in the French Third Republic and, as premier (1917–20), a major contributor to the Allied victory in World War I and a framer
  3. 10. a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as "cruiser rules").
  4. 12. a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian
  5. 14. the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border.
  6. 15. an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879.
  7. 17. the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). He gained a reputation as a swaggering militarist through his speeches and ill-advised newspaper interviews. ... In late 1918, he was forced to abdicate.
  8. 20. military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.
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  1. 1. the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. ... In addition, Germany was stripped of its overseas colonies, its military capabilities were severely restricted, and it was required to pay war reparations to the Allied countries.
  2. 2. a 400-plus mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea, was the decisive front during the First World War.
  3. 4. a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I. The members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their territories. ... The Central Powers lost the war.
  4. 5. warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. The opposing systems of trenches are usually close to one another.
  5. 6. the process by which a group of people, usually possessing a certain degree of national consciousness, form their own state and choose their own government.
  6. 7. an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare.
  7. 8. the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.
  8. 9. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
  9. 11. an alliance of three powerful nations created for the purpose of mutual protection against the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Though each partner had individual reasons for the alliance, they were all afraid of Germany's growing power.
  10. 13. the countries that fought against German, Italy and Japan in World War II.
  11. 16. carefully controlling the amount of something that people use. ... Rationing during the war meant that people had a specific amount of food they could buy each week, and once an item was used up, they had to wait until they got a new ration book to buy more. Ration means "hand out in fixed amounts."
  12. 18. an agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents.
  13. 19. dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.