Country Crossword: Tanzania

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  1. 3. Capital of Tanzania
  2. 7. National park where over one million wildebeest participate in the Great Migration.
  3. 9. 19th century royal palace of the Zanzibar Sultanate, built on top of a previous palace destroyed in the Anglo-Zanzibar War.
  4. 13. Rebellion of the citizens of Tanganyika against German colonial rule.
  5. 14. Second highest uninterrupted waterfall in Africa, shared with Zambia.
  6. 19. Jurassic-era fossil formation containing animals such as Giraffititan and Kentrosaurus.
  7. 21. Largest city in Tanzania
  8. 22. Major Medieval East African city that controlled trade to and from the region; it still maintains a population to this day.
  9. 23. Former president of Tanzania known for his refusal to vaccinate his citizens against Covid-19.
  10. 26. Lake home to a national park of the same name, which is home to tree-climbing lions.
  11. 27. Tallest free-standing mountain in the world and an icon of Africa as a whole.
  12. 29. Capital of the Zanzibar Sultanate that was important in the spice and slave trades.
  13. 32. Using European firearms, he toppled the Urambo Monarchy to install himself as king.
  14. 33. Alkaline lake that serves as a breeding site for flamingos. More infamously, animals that die in its waters calcify instead of decomposing.
  15. 34. Last Omani Sultan of Zanzibar.
Down
  1. 1. Also known as "Whale Shark Island" due to its great numbers of the largest extant fish.
  2. 2. Site of Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees.
  3. 4. Tanzania has the largest population of these big cats in the world.
  4. 5. Tanzania's second tallest mountain, located close to the Kenyan border.
  5. 6. Novel by Peter Palangyo about a man who returns to his village to make amends with his dying father.
  6. 8. Sung Swahili poetry accompanied by strings.
  7. 10. City nicknamed "Rock City," second largest in Tanzania and the Lake Victoria Basin (after Kampala, Uganda.)
  8. 11. Current president of Tanzania and the first woman to hold the office.
  9. 12. Omani sultan who made Zanzibar his capital.
  10. 15. Notorious Afro-Omani slave trader.
  11. 16. Founder of the Tanganyika African National Union
  12. 17. British band whose singer was born in Zanzibar.
  13. 18. Series of depressions ranging from Lebanon to Mozambique, including Tanzania's East African Rift.
  14. 19. Railway built from Tanzania to Zambia, financed by China.
  15. 20. Traditional music and dance style of the African Great Lakes that is characterized by hip movement.
  16. 24. Both the deepest and second largest lake in the world (only Lake Baikal is deeper), and the source of the German and British colony that comprises much of modern Tanzania.
  17. 25. 1979 conflict with Uganda that led to the overthrowing of Ugandan President Idi Amin.
  18. 28. Largest unsubmerged volcanic caldera in the world.
  19. 30. Mary and Louis Leakey discovered the first human species in this valley.
  20. 31. Host city of the African Court in the African Union.