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