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