World War 1 Cross Word

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Across
  1. 3. The region of France that became a bloody stalemate
  2. 7. Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
  3. 8. American President who kept us out of World War I until 1917
  4. 9. One-sided information used by a government to persuade the public in its cause
  5. 10. The policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
  6. 11. Sent from Germany to Mexico in hopes that Mexico would ally itself with Germany against the United States
  7. 13. The region of Europe nicknamed “The Powder Keg” because it was so volatile.
  8. 14. Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the East
  9. 17. An agreement to stop fighting by both opposing sides in war
Down
  1. 1. Leader of Russia up until 1917
  2. 2. New warship introduced by Germany that could submerge underwater and used torpedoes
  3. 4. Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth
  4. 5. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in World War I
  5. 6. Ruler of Germany during World War I
  6. 7. World War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
  7. 12. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought by the public
  8. 15. The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
  9. 16. New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death