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Down: 1) groups of merchant ships protected by warships2) President of the United States during WW13) horrible acts against innocent people 5) the channeling of a nation's entire resources into the war effort 7) refers to the 1917 World War I battle where Austro-German forces defeated the Italian army, known for being one of the worst defeats in Italian history8) a world court to settle disputes between nations9) German plan designed to avoid a two-front war... against France in the West and Russia in the East10) WWI British Prime Minister who pomised to build a post-war Britain that was "fit for heroes"12) costly battle site in which no side won an advantage, and cost over 1 million lives 13) Archduke of Austria-Hungary- his assassination sparked WWI15) 400-plus-mile theater of World War I, running from the Swiss border to the North Sea, where German forces met Allied forces 16) WWI leader of France whose goal was to weaken Germany so that it could never again threaten France 18) an agreement to end fighting21) the right of people to choose their own form of government22) a system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all 23) opposition to all war24) the British luxury ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat 29) "the draft", which required all young men to be ready for military service 31) territory that was administered by Western powers34) costly battle site where Germans tried to overwhelm the French; over half a million lives were lost in this 11-month battle35) a village in Northern Poland (formerly East Prussia) known primarily for the 1914 World War I battle where German forces achieved a decisive victory over Russia 36) a policiy of supporting neither side in a war Across: 4) a non-binding agreement to follow common policies6) the spread of a disease across an entire country, continent, or the whole world 11) the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause 14) to prepare ones military for war17) the World War I alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary19) a final set of demands20) known as "Lawrence of Arabia" this man led guerilla raids against the Turks, which eventually cost the Ottoman Empire a great deal of territory to the Arabs (most notably Baghdad)25) payments for war damage 26) the first intergovernmental organization established following World War I to promote international cooperation, maintain world peace, and prevent future conflicts 27) a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other28) officially ended World War I between the Allied Powers and Germany...forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the war, pay massive financial reparations, disarm its military, and cede territory to neighboring nations30) the man who assassinated Francis Ferdinand32) the World War I alliance between France, Britain, and Russia33) a German military submarine used primarily during World War I and World War II35) a separate peace treaty signed between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, ending Russia’s involvement in World War I... it forced Russia to abandon territories like Ukraine, the Baltic states, and Poland, losing 1/3 of its population and significant industrial/agricultural resources.37) Woodrow Wilson's speech outlining a plan for sustainable, idealistic peace to end World War I, promoting open diplomacy, free trade, territorial adjustments based on self-determination, and the creation of a League of Nations to ensure collective security38) large gas-filled balloons that Germany used to bomb the English coast 39) emtpy tract of land between opposing trench lines where everything has been destroyed by gunfire, ammunition, and explosions40) a powerful form of nationalism; it held that all Slavis people shared a common nationality41) the site of a major, failed WWI Allied campaign against the Ottoman Empire42) glorification of the military
 

 

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