World war 1

2. It was a group of governments that strived to prevent wars and protect independent nations.
4. Payment that the losers of a war must pay to the victors.
5. The nickname for US soldiers in World War I
10. The Eastern Front during World War I was fought in Eastern Europe between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria on one side and Russia and Romania on the other side.
13. A secret telegram from Germany that was intercepted by the British. It requested an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States. The discovery of this telegram caused the United States to declare war on Germany.
15. The name for German submarines which comes from the German word "Unterseeboat."
16. A geographical region of the German Empire that included northern Germany and Poland
18. A geographical region in Southeast Europe that includes countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, and Serbia.
19. A type of land warfare where each side digs long lines of trenches for protection.
20. A strategy that Germany had for fighting a war on two fronts: one against France and one against Russia.

1. The front line was the point at which the armies of each side met.
3. The Treaty between the Allies and Germany that ended World War I.
6. Information used and distributed to present one side of an issue.
7. President Woodrow Wilson issued Fourteen Points that were his goals for an end to World War I and lasting peace.
8. Large, heavy guns used on land warfare.
9. The Big Four were the leaders from the four Major Allies including Britain, France, Italy, and the United States.
11. The area between the front lines of two enemy armies
12. The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
14. An alliance between a number of countries including Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan
17. The original alliance between Russia, France, and Britain. It later became the Allied Powers.