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