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