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