Across
- 5. Name of pre-war partnership linking Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy for mutual protection
- 8. His assassination triggered the outbreak of the first world war
- 9. A military transport technique in which merchant ships were escorted by destroyers or cruisers for protection against German U-boats
- 12. Serbian sponsored terrorist organization focused on liberating Bosnia from Austria-Hungary
- 14. Organization created in the aftermath of the World War I for the purpose of resolving differences through diplomacy rather than conflict
- 15. Cease-fire; cessation of fighting; effective as of November 11, 1918
- 17. Russian communists who opposed the Czar and called for equal distribution of wealth and the end of all private property; they promoted a revolution and withdrew Russia from the war
- 18. A policy in which a nation avoids entanglement in the affairs of other nations; policy of the U.S. in the early years of WWI
- 19. A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson to encourage peace and to refrain from inflicting vengeance upon defeated nations
- 20. Wartime alliance of France, Great Britain, Russia, United States, Japan, Italy, etc.
- 22. European peninsula region once ruled for centuries by the Ottoman Empire; independence and growing nationalism in this region contributed to conflict
- 23. Effort on the part of nations to expand their influence and gain access to new markets and raw materials by establishing overseas colonies
- 24. The formation of partnerships among nations for the assurance of their mutual protection; resulted in a much bigger conflict when war finally came
- 25. Responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- 26. A telegram sent to a German official in Mexico before World War I; it proposed an alliance with Mexico and the prospect of reconquering American territory in the southwest for Mexico
- 28. Conscription of troops, investment in new weaponry, devising of strategy; motivated by desires for preparedness and prevention; made war far more deadly
- 30. Allied leaders who participated in drafting the peace agreement in France
- 31. Name of pre-war partnership linking France, Russia, and Britain
- 32. Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF); he was resistant to allowing American troops to find under foreign command; veteran of the Spanish-American War
- 33. Peace agreement; called for Germany to accept full responsibility for the war, pay reparations to the victorious Allies, etc.; U.S. never ratified
Down
- 1. Absolute monarch of Germany who aspired to strengthen his nation's military and establish a colonial empire; a cousin to the monarch of Russia
- 2. Type of Combat conducted by troops utilizing in-ground defensive positions
- 3. Supported the Black Hand in its plot to kill Archduke Franz-Ferdinand; issued and refused an ultimatum by Austria-Hungary, thus leading to the outbreak of WWI
- 4. President Wilson's plan for promoting cooperation between nations in the aftermath of World War; influence behind the Versailles Treaty
- 6. Absolute monarch of Russia; stripped of power as a result of the Communist Revolution; executed with his family in July 1918
- 7. Extreme pride of devotion that people have for their country or culture; nurtured rivalries and independence movements
- 9. Wartime alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
- 10. Employed by Germany out of its desperation to deny the Allies food and supplies from America; fueled American outrage
- 11. Called for Germany to wage war on two fronts against Russia and France; Germany would invade France by way of Belgium
- 13. A payment for war damages; applied to Germany to a crippling extent after the war
- 16. The right of people to decide the nation to which they belong
- 17. Neutral nation whose invasion by Germany contributed in expanding the war;
- 21. A vow made by Germany promising not to sink merchant vessels without warning and without saving human lives"
- 27. Small submarines named after the German word "unterseeboot"; wreaked havoc for a time on Allied shipping
- 29. British luxury ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915; 1200 dead including 128 Americans