Across
- 2. WAR - a conflict in which participating countries devoted entire resources for the war effort.
- 4. PEACE CONFERENCE - a meeting between the big four of Britain, France, Italy, and the U.S. to establish the terms ending WWI
- 9. - the Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay for all war damages suffered by the Allied powers.
- 11. OF VERSAILLES - a document created by Allied powers ending WWI in which Germany was forced to meet certain harsh requirements
- 12. - a belief that in order for a country to defend their national interests, they should maintain strong armed forces.
- 13. ENTENTE - a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia after WWI; this group became known as the Allied powers
- 14. OF NATIONS - formed from the Treaty of Versailles was an organization of world countries; used to prevent conflict and solve disagreements
- 15. PLAN - a strategy created by Germany's military, in which German troops would quickly defeat France, then attack Russia.
- 19. - stronger countries control over weaker countries through politics, economics, and militarism.
- 20. - in case of war, formal agreements are formed between two or more states for mutual support and defense.
Down
- 1. - one who has an intense form of love and patriotism for his ethnicity and culture, placing his countries interests above all.
- 3. - a country or area under full or partial political control by another country.
- 5. IMPERIALISM - a period of colonial expansion during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, by European powers, the U.S. and Japan.
- 6. RULE - a system of government where imperial countries use the pre-existing power structures to control the activities of colonies
- 7. FRONT - Throughout WWI, this was the primary area of combat between British, French, and German forces along Germany's western border
- 8. DARWINISM - the theory in which humans are subject to the same laws of natural selection.
- 10. OF INFLUENCE - a region where a single country possesses complete control over economic and political activity.
- 16. FRONT - Throughout WWI, this was the primary area of combat between Russian and German forces along the eastern border of Germany
- 17. ALLIANCE - a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy after WWI; this group became known as the Central Powers
- 18. RULE - a system of government in which imperial nations control all government activity instead of allowing self-governing in a colony
