World War I

One who tries to do better than another; to try to outdo another person 

• rival

• convoy

• allied powers

• central powers

nations of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and eventually the United States 

• central powers

• allied powers

• world affair

• league of nations

Allied nation of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria 

• central powers

• allied powers

• armistice

• total war

Wire that has sharp metal spikes on it 

• electric fence

• barbed wire

• convoy

• unrestricted warfare

a long narrow ditch 

• fox hole

• u-boat

• trench

• land mine

A German submarine 

• convoy

• ship

• armistice

• u-boat

a group of ships that travel together for protection 

• u-boats

• cruise liner

• convoy

• aircraft carrier

War that is not restricted to a certain area or boundary 

• unrestricted warfare

• total war

• treaty of versailles

• restricted warfare

an agreement to stop fighting

• truce

• treaty of versailles

• armistice

• bankrupt

payment for war damage 

• reparations

• bankrupt

• generation

• loans