World War I
Across
- 2. A war that involves ALL the resources of a country, where factories/industries were used to produce weapons and other war related materials.
- 3. One of the long term causes of WWI, this policy was driven by the competition to build the biggest, strongest military. An arms race.
- 5. The battle of the _____;First battle of WWI. Germans came very close to capturing Paris but were driven back by British and French.
- 6. The war front along the German-Russia border.
- 9. The name of the teenager who started WWI by assassinating the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 10. One of the long term causes of WWI, it's the policy of stronger nations to take over weaker ones. European countries competed for control/colonies in Africa and Asia leading up to WWI.
- 12. Agreement between Allies and Central powers that ended the fighting. Signed 11/11/1918 at 11:11am.
- 14. One of the long term causes of WWI, this is patriotism gone bad, where extreme pride in one's country results in denying all others as inferior to yours.
- 16. German military plan to avoid a 2-front war.
- 17. This country entered the war in 1917 and ended the stalemate.
- 19. The battles of ________ and _______ were fought in 1916 along the Western Front that resulted in tremendous loss of life and little territorial gain.
- 20. Strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front.
- 22. This country dropped out of the war in 1917 to have a communist revolution.
- 23. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched from Switzerland to the North Sea.
Down
- 1. Germans used these vessels to attack Britain's navy as well as civilian ships flying a British flag.
- 4. Weapon that caused blindness and slow death.
- 7. The WWI alliance made up of Great Britain, France, and Russia. Later became the Allied Powers, and was joined by the USA.
- 8. New weaponry that fired hundreds of rounds a minute. Caused many deaths and led to the stalemate on the Western Front and creation of trenches.
- 11. One of the long term causes of WWI, this describes the secret agreements among European nations that resulted in the forming of the Triple Alliance against the Triple Entente.
- 13. Style of warfare common in WWI that emerged due to the need to protect troops from machine gun and heavy artillery.
- 15. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the ________ cause of WWI.
- 18. The overseas colonies contributed to the Allied victory in WWI by providing _______ and ______.
- 21. The WWI alliance made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Later became the Central Powers.