Across
- 2. If a plane isn't smooth, or is to heavy, there might be too much ____________ and it won't be able to stay in the air.
- 7. After soldiers had fought their way across north China to save the foreigners that China had under siege in Peking, they forced China to pay ____________ to the nations whose people they had hurt.
- 10. The ______________ of an airplane is turning around a vertical axis in the center of the plane--the plane stays flat and turns left or right.
- 13. A Serbian ______________ assassinated the Archduke and Duchess of Austria-Hungary, setting off World War I.
- 14. Otto Lilienthal is known as the first ________________ because of his work studying bird flight and his gliders.
- 15. Toward the end of the 1800s many nations had __________________ with China, but many people in China wanted the foreigners to just go away.
- 17. Germany asked for an ________________ and the fighting stopped--but the peace treaty that was later signed, didn't promote much peace--two decades and a few months later the second World War was engaged.
Down
- 1. The Allies won the First Battle of Marne, but failed to ___________ Germany, and so the war went on much, much longer.
- 2. Germany thought after just a few battles, France would be _________________ and give up, but they fought on until victory.
- 3. The Wrights achieved "three-_______________" control of an airplane, because of this control, they made the first sustainable powered flight.
- 4. China's Empress _______________ Tzu'u Hzi started the Boxer Rebellion when she declared war on every nation with diplomatic ties to China.
- 5. Belgium was ______________ in this conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that Germany had joined--so Germany thought it would be fine to take their troops right through there to attack France, who had stepped in to help Serbia.
- 6. Austria-Hungary was at first afraid to _______________ for the death of their royalty, for fear Russia might attack them.
- 8. The _______________ of an airplane is movement around a nose to tail axis--one wing goes down and one up.
- 9. When Germany offered to be an ally to Austria-Hungary, then they gave Serbia a harsh ________________.
- 11. The _______________ of an airplane is movement using the wings as an axis--the nose of the plane goes up and the tail down or vice versa.
- 12. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the ______________ boom of artillery finally was silent.
- 16. An airplane's wing shape must enable enough ___________ that the plane can rise.
