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