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