A) Mont Blanc B) Eiger C) Matterhorn D) Jungfrau
A) 3 B) 5 C) 10 D) 8
A) Ibex B) Panda C) Orangutan D) Kangaroo
A) Baikal Lake B) Great Bear Lake C) Lake Geneva D) Lake Tahoe
A) Basel B) Zurich C) Bern D) Geneva
A) Kilimanjaro B) K2 C) Mount Everest D) Matterhorn
A) Aletsch Glacier B) Mer de Glace C) Grosser Aletschfirn D) Unteraargletscher
A) Rose B) Edelweiss C) Sunflower D) Tulip
A) Monaco, Andorra, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany B) Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg C) Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, Slovenia D) Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
A) Erosion of pre-existing rock formations over millions of years B) Volcanic activity during the Mesozoic era C) Marine sedimentary rocks rose by thrusting and folding due to tectonic plate collision. D) Glacial carving during the last Ice Age
A) The Celtic La Tène culture B) Viking settlements C) Roman Empire D) Greek civilization
A) Napoleon Bonaparte B) Hannibal C) Julius Caesar D) Alexander the Great
A) 800 km (500 mi) B) 1,200 km (750 mi) C) 500 km (310 mi) D) 1,500 km (930 mi)
A) Latin Alpes B) Greek Alphito C) Proto-Indo-European *albʰós D) Celtic high mountains
A) The 18th and 19th centuries B) The Renaissance C) The Industrial Revolution D) The Middle Ages
A) Rocky cliffs B) Snow-covered valleys C) High mountain peaks D) Grazing pastures in the alpine regions below the glaciers.
A) Textile industry B) Tourist industry C) Automotive industry D) Mining industry
A) 120 million B) 80 million C) 50 million D) 200 million
A) Mont Blanc B) Matterhorn C) Ortler D) Piz Bernina
A) Innsbruck B) Leopoldsberg near Vienna C) Grenoble D) Salzburg
A) Great St Bernard Pass B) Col de Tende C) Splügen Pass D) Stelvio Pass
A) Piz Bernina B) Matterhorn C) Mont Blanc D) Ortler
A) Apennines B) Carpathians C) Pyrenees D) Jura Mountains
A) Mediterranean Sea near Monaco B) Black Sea near Bulgaria C) Danube River near Vienna D) Adriatic Sea near Trieste
A) Munich B) Allgäu C) Hamburg D) Berlin
A) Brenner Pass B) Great St Bernard Pass C) Stelvio Pass D) Col de l'Iseran
A) Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel B) Gotthard Base Tunnel C) Semmering Railway Tunnel D) Fréjus Rail Tunnel
A) Motor vehicles B) Railways C) Sleighs D) Footpaths
A) Great St Bernard Pass B) Col de l'Iseran C) Tisenjoch on the Austrian-Italian border D) Brenner Pass
A) Fréjus Road Tunnel B) Saint Gotthard Railway Tunnel C) Mont Cenis Railway Tunnel D) Gotthard Road Tunnel
A) Global Mountain Society B) European Alps Summit Association C) Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) D) International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
A) 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) B) 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) C) 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) D) 5,000 meters (16,404 feet)
A) John Tyndall B) Edward Whymper C) Karl Blodig D) Jacques Balmat
A) 1865 B) 1911 C) 1859 D) 1786
A) John Tyndall B) Karl Blodig C) Edward Whymper D) Jacques Balmat
A) 70% B) Almost 60% C) 80% D) 50%
A) 300 B) 1000 C) 700 D) At least 550
A) Expansion of forest areas B) Rise in sea levels C) Decrease of glaciated areas D) Increase in snowfall
A) 1911 B) 1938 C) 1786 D) 1865
A) Rhine B) Danube C) Inn D) Ticino
A) St. John's chapel B) St. Bartholomew's chapel C) St. Peter's chapel D) St. Mary's chapel
A) The Prelude B) Die Alpen C) Julie, or the New Heloise D) William Tell (1804)
A) The Baiuvarii B) The Roman people C) The House of Savoy D) The Franks
A) Oceanic Tethyan origin B) African plate origin C) Volcanic origin D) Continental European origin
A) Sirocco wind B) Mistral wind C) Foehn wind D) Chinook wind
A) Copper ore B) High-quality iron ore C) Gold ore D) Low-grade iron ore
A) Increased temperatures B) Stable weather patterns C) Reduced wind speeds D) Decreased rainfall
A) Oak trees B) Sycamore maple C) Beech trees D) Dwarf pine trees (Pinus mugo)
A) Benito Mussolini B) Josef Neumaier C) Rudolf Hess D) Adolf Hitler
A) 75 m per year B) 100 m per year C) 50 m per year D) 200 m per year
A) Neuchâtel B) Erzberg region C) Bad Gastein area D) Bernese Oberland
A) The effect is yet unknown B) Improved water quality C) Decreased glacier size D) Increased river flow
A) Pastry-making B) Haymaking C) Woodcarving D) Cheesemaking
A) John Keats B) Mary Shelley C) Percy Bysshe Shelley D) Lord Byron
A) Precambrian Era B) Mesozoic Era C) Paleozoic Era D) Cenozoic Era
A) Bearded vultures B) Golden eagles C) Blue butterflies D) Alpine choughs
A) Italian B) Romansh C) French D) German
A) 18th century B) 20th century C) 17th century D) 19th century
A) Twenty-five percent B) Fifty percent C) Thirty percent D) Forty percent
A) Human interference B) Wildlife grazing C) Climate change D) Natural disasters
A) 7.8% B) 10% C) 3.4% D) 5.6%
A) Adiabatic lapse rate B) Greenhouse effect C) Ocean currents D) Latitudinal variation
A) Leonhard Euler B) Louis Agassiz C) Robert Parker D) David Friedrich Wiser
A) Walpurgis Night B) Almabtrieb C) Fastnacht D) Saint John's Eve
A) Quartz B) Amethyst C) Cinnabar D) Diamond
A) Marmots B) Alpine ibex C) Chamois D) Rosalia alpina
A) Pasta B) Risotto C) Fondue D) Pizza
A) Rocky lodge B) Mountain cabin C) Swiss chalet D) Alpine hut
A) Strong winds B) Invisible crevasses under new snowfall C) Sudden avalanches D) Falling rocks
A) Saint Maurice B) Saint Francis C) Saint Benedict D) Saint Augustine
A) Tourism B) Service jobs C) Manufacturing D) Farming
A) The Byzantine Empire B) The Ottoman Empire C) The Roman Empire D) The Carolingian Empire
A) Celtic tribes B) Germanic peoples C) Etruscan civilization D) Ligures
A) Louis Agassiz B) Leonhard Euler C) David Friedrich Wiser D) Robert Parker
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge B) Mary Shelley C) Lord Byron D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
A) Forty percent B) Thirty percent C) Twenty-five percent D) Fifty percent
A) Tethys B) Laurasia C) Pangaea D) Gondwana
A) Eiger B) Mont Blanc C) Monte Rosa (possibly) D) Matterhorn
A) Moraines B) Talus slopes C) Ice caves D) Crevasses
A) Characteristically steep walls (reliefs) B) Gentle slopes C) Flat terraces D) Rounded hills
A) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure B) Placidus a Spescha C) Conrad Gessner D) John Tyndall
A) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure B) Placidus a Spescha C) John Tyndall D) Conrad Gessner
A) The Benedictines B) The Cistercians C) The Franciscans D) The Dominicans
A) Germanic tribal languages B) Celtic languages C) Slavic languages D) Romance languages
A) Ticino B) Inn C) Rhine D) Danube
A) Lord Byron B) Percy Bysshe Shelley C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge D) William Wordsworth
A) Basalt B) Flysch C) Limestone D) Granite
A) The Alpide belt B) The Rockies C) The Andes D) The Appalachian Mountains
A) Michael Innerkofler B) Edward Whymper C) John Ball D) Paul Grohmann
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge C) John Keats D) Lord Byron
A) Chamonix B) Mont Aiguille C) Mont Blanc D) Drachloch (Dragon's Hole) cave above Vattis
A) Sub-Alpine zone B) Montane zone C) Colline zone D) Alpine zone
A) Marcus Aurelius B) Hannibal C) Julius Caesar D) Caesar Augustus
A) The German Confederation B) The French Empire C) The Holy Roman Empire D) The Helvetic Republic
A) Lord Byron B) William Wordsworth C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
A) David Friedrich Wiser B) Louis Agassiz C) Robert Parker D) Leonhard Euler
A) Glacial valley B) River valley C) Lacustrine valley D) Canyon
A) Acid soils B) Limestone soils C) Alkaline soils D) Non-calcareous soils
A) Edelweiss B) Alpine gentian C) Ranunculus glacialis D) Eritrichium nanum
A) Alexander Suvorov B) Ivan Paskevich C) Nikolai Kutuzov D) Mikhail Kutuzov |