WW1 Vocab

2. Wilhelm I Ruler of Germany during World War I
6. Alliance World War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
8. New warship introduced by Germany that could submerge underwater and used torpedoes
9. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought by the public
11. The policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
14. Gas New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death
15. Front The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
17. Front The region of France that became a bloody stalemate

1. Entente Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
3. An agreement to stop fighting by both opposing sides in war
4. Warfare Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth.
5. Nicholas Leader of Russia up until 1917
7. One-sided information used by a government to persuade the public in its cause
10. Note Sent from Germany to Mexico in hopes that Mexico would ally itself with Germany against the United States
12. Plan Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the East
13. Wilson American President who kept us out of World War I until 1917
16. Balkans The region of Europe nicknamed “The Powder Keg” because it was so volatile.
18. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in World War I