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- 3. powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces.
- 6. policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 8. 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.
- 9. Lenin-a Russian communist revolutionary and head of the Bolshevik Party
- 10. Franz Ferdinand-His assassination cause WW1
- 16. or organization formed for mutual benefit
- 17. vehicles designed to combine the military factors of fire, maneuver and protection.
- 19. of the main participants in the outbreak and fighting of World War I.
- 20. Hungary-often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy
- 21. with one's own nation and support for its interests
- 26. to try to make people think a certain way
- 27. Front-the line of fighting that occurred along the eastern border of Germany with Russia.
- 29. constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918
- 31. by hand and aimed by the naked eye
- 32. name given to the economic system that existed in Russia from 1918 to 1921
- 36. new kingdom expanded its territory during the Balkan wars
- 37. leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918
- 38. British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906.
- 39. Front-he contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the east and the Allies to the west.
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- 1. Germany used to destroy surface merchant vessels.
- 2. Note-a coded note sent by Germany's Foreign Minister, Arthur Zimmermann, in January 1917 with a message for the Mexican government.
- 4. military's heavy firearms.
- 5. assault weapon that projects a stream of blazing oil or thickened gasoline against enemy positions.
- 7. to could kill the enemy underground or behind cover.
- 11. Guns-fully automatic weapons that fired bullets rapidly, up to 450 to 600 rounds a minute.
- 12. Gas-a liquid or a solid giving off poisonous vapors designed (as in chemical warfare) to kill, injure, or disable by inhalation or contact.
- 13. Mortars-a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
- 14. gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.
- 15. kind of airship that was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- 18. war that began on the 28th of July, 1914 and ended on the 11th of November, 1918.
- 22. of Versailles-signed in June 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris at the end of World War I
- 23. Warfare-a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
- 24. Alliance-an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- 25. Help Serbia in the War
- 28. knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar firearm, allowing it to be used as a spear-like weapon.
- 30. the leader of the Central Powers
- 33. Plan-a name given after the First World War to pre-war German war plans,
- 34. of Nations-an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
- 35. 14 Points- a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 40. of Brestlitovsk-a separate peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers