WW1 Vocabulary

2. Government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be bought by the public
4. Note Sent from Germany to Mexico in hopes that Mexico would ally itself with Germany against the United States
7. the policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
9. Wilhelm 1 Ruler of Germany during World War 1
10. Front The region of France that became a bloody stalemate
11. Gas New weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death
12. Front The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
14. Entente Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
15. Armored combat vehicle used for the first time in World war 1

1. An agreement to stop fighting by both opposing sides in war
3. New warship introduced by Germany that could submerge underwater and used torpedoes
5. One-Sided information used by a government to persuade the public in its cause
6. Nicholas Leader of Russia until 1917
8. Plan Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the East
10. Wilson American President who kept us out of World War 1 until 1917
13. warfare Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth
15. Balkans The region of Europe nicknamed “The Powder Keg” because it was so volatile