World Unit 5 Vocab: World War One
Across
- 7. An international body of Nations formed after World War I to prevent future wars.
- 9. Entente An alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain in the late 1800s.
- 12. During World War I, the deadlocked region in northern France where German and Allied armies faced off.
- 13. Information such as posters and pamphlets created by governments in order to influence public opinion.
- 15. A war that requires the use of all a society's resources.
- 16. An original plan from Germany to attack and cut off France first, then go after Russia, in order to dominate the European continent.
- 17. Submarines used by Germans in World War 1 and 2.
Down
- 1. In 1915, a failed attempt by the Allies in World War I to take control of the Dardanelles.
- 2. In 1917, a statement issued by the British foreign secretary in favor of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
- 3. An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800s.
- 4. President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post-World War 1 Europe and for avoiding future wars.
- 5. An agreement to cease fighting, usually in a war.
- 6. The killing of an entire people.
- 8. A telegram sent to a German official in Mexico prior to U.S. entry into World War 1; proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico.
- 10. A form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions.
- 11. In 1919, a treaty ending World War I; it required Germany to pay huge war reparations and establish the League of Nations.
- 14. Territories once part of the Ottoman Empire that the League of Nations gave to other European powers to rule after World War I.