Vocabulary

5. Note Sent from Germany to Mexico in hopes that Mexico would ally itself with Germany against the United States
7. Wilhelm I Ruler of Germany during World War I
9. An agreement to stop fighting by both opposing sides in war
11. The policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
13. Balkans The region of Europe nicknamed “The Powder Keg” because it was so volatile.
14. Nicholas Leader of Russia up until 1917
15. Front The region of France that became a bloody stalemate

1. Wilson American President who kept us out of World War I until 1917
2. New warship introduced by Germany that could submerge underwater and used torpedoes
3. Front The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
4. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in World War I
6. One-sided information used by a government to persuade the public in its cause
8. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought by the public
10. Gas New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death
12. Plan Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the East
13. Warfare Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth.
16. Entente Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I