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