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