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