WW1 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought by the public
- 4. Note Sent from Germany to Mexico in hopes that Mexico would ally itself with Germany against the United States
- 7. the policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
- 9. Wilhelm 1 Ruler of Germany during World War 1
- 10. Front The region of France that became a bloody stalemate
- 11. Gas New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death
- 12. Front The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
- 14. Entente Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
- 15. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in World war 1
Down
- 1. An agreement to stop fighting by both opposing sides in war
- 3. New warship introduced by Germany that could submerge underwater and used torpedoes
- 5. One-Sided information used by a government to persuade the public in its cause
- 6. Nicholas Leader of Russia until 1917
- 8. Plan Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the East
- 10. Wilson American President who kept us out of World War 1 until 1917
- 13. warfare Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth
- 15. Balkans The region of Europe nicknamed “The Powder Keg” because it was so volatile