World War I Vocabulary By: Alexus Smith

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