World War One Terms

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Across
  1. 2. An agreement by both sides to stop fighting while a peace treaty is negotiated.
  2. 3. This side of the war was fought between Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side and France, Britain, and Canada.
  3. 6. A person who is enlisted into the army whether they want to join or not.
  4. 8. these big _____leaders were four Major Allies including Britain, France, Italy, and the United States.
  5. 10. The Triple __________ was the name of the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
  6. 11. This Treaty was made between the Allies and Germany that ended World War I.
  7. 13. a Payment that the losers of a war must pay to the victors.
  8. 15. A geographical region in Southeast Europe that includes countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, and Serbia.
  9. 18. Someone who is against war and fighting for any reason.
  10. 20. The Triple ________ was the original alliance between Russia, France, and Britain.
  11. 21. The ________ line was the point at which the armies of each side met. This is where most of the fighting took place.
Down
  1. 1. The Treaty of _________ was a peace treaty between the Central Powers and Russia. After the Russian Revolution the new communist government wanted out of the war and made peace with Germany.
  2. 4. the holiday in which their was an unofficial cease fire between the two sides of World War In some cases the soldiers from each side met, talked, played soccer, and exchanged gifts.
  3. 5. Large heavy guns used on land warfare.
  4. 7. The name for Information used and distributed to present one side of an issue.
  5. 9. No ______ land was the name for the area between the front lines of two enemy armies in trenches
  6. 12. a large luxury passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine. Over 1,000 passengers were killed. This helped to bring the USA into the war.
  7. 14. This Plan was a strategy that Germany had for fighting a war on two fronts: one against France and one against Russia.
  8. 16. This side of the Front was where World War I was fought in Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria on one side and Russia and Romania on the other side.
  9. 17. This telegram was from Germany and 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.
  10. 19. This type of land warfare is when each side digs long lines into the ground for protection. Much of the western front during World War I was fought for years using this technique.