WWI Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. The president during World War I
  2. 6. The policy of not taking sides in a conflict or war, during World War I, some countries—such as Switzerland, Spain, and the Netherlands—remained neutral, meaning they did not join either the Allied or Central Powers, the United States also tried this at first, avoiding involvement in European disputes until 1917
  3. 9. A valuable natural resource found mainly in African colonies, control over this and other resources fueled imperial rivalries between European powers in the years leading up to World War I
  4. 12. A competition between nations to build the most powerful military forces and weapons. Before World War I, countries like Germany and Britain rapidly expanded their armies and navies, making Europe more unstable
  5. 14. The coalition of countries that fought against the Central Powers during World War I, included Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States and Italy.
  6. 16. Building up strong armies and weapons to prepare for war
  7. 17. A region in southeastern Europe that included Serbia, Bosnia, and other territories, known as the “powder keg of Europe” because nationalist tensions there—especially between Austria-Hungary and Serbia—helped spark World War I
  8. 18. The process of building factories and using machines to produce goods more efficiently. By the early 1900s, gave European nations the ability to produce large amounts of weapons, ammunition, and supplies for war
Down
  1. 1. Agreements between countries to help each other in conflict
  2. 2. Information or posters used to shape public opinion and support the war
  3. 3. Supplies and materials such as food, coal, oil, and metals that were needed to support soldiers and factories during World War I
  4. 5. A pre-war military agreement formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
  5. 7. Was assassinated in June,1914, by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, his death triggered the chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I
  6. 8. When powerful countries take control of weaker ones to build empires and gain resources. Rivalries over colonies in Africa and Asia increased tension among European nations before World War I
  7. 10. The name people used for World War I before World War II occurred, it was called this because it was the largest and most destructive war the world had ever seen up to that point
  8. 11. One of the two main sides in World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, fought against the Allied Powers
  9. 13. Strong pride or loyalty to one’s nation or ethnic group
  10. 15. An alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain formed before World War I to counter the growing power of Germany and its allies