World War 1 Vocabulary

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  1. 2. Weapons that use chemicals to poison, burn or paralyze humans and destroy the natural environment
  2. 3. 1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S. It was intercepted and caused the U.S. to mobilized against Germany, which had proven it was hostile
  3. 5. In World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies.
  4. 6. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
  5. 8. A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
  6. 9. An agreement to work together and protect each other by two or more countries.
  7. 11. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany, on the one hand, and France and Britain, on the other.
  8. 12. A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
  9. 13. heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
  10. 16. a German submarine that was the first submarine employed in warfare, initially used during WW1
  11. 18. A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League. Essentially powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.
  12. 20. Cannons and large guns.
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  1. 1. Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
  2. 4. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
  3. 7. Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and later the US
  4. 10. In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
  5. 14. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
  6. 15. the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
  7. 17. Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI
  8. 19. An agreement to stop fighting