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