World War I Word Search

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Across
  1. 2. British passenger liner that was sunk by a German submarine, almost 1,200 innocent civilians died including 128 Americans
  2. 8. channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort
  3. 10. New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death.
  4. 12. Monetary compensation for war damages
  5. 16. the belief that a country’s power is measured by its territorial and military strength
  6. 17. Archduke of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated in Bosnia in 1914 by a Serbian radical
  7. 18. Alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Down
  1. 1. “general association of nations” designed to preserve peace and have participation
  2. 3. An agreement between two or more countries, often in the form of defensive alliances
  3. 4. World War I Alliance that included Great Britain, France, and Russia.
  4. 5. U.S President during World War I
  5. 6. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought.
  6. 7. Type of fighting that soldiers in WWI faced, with brutal and high fatalities
  7. 9. German submarine
  8. 11. agreement to end fighting in a war
  9. 13. spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
  10. 14. the rapid buildup of a country’s military
  11. 15. Deep devotion to ones’ own country or homeland