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