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