Europe Mountains Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Musala, a major peak in Bulgaria, belongs to which mountain range?
The Rila Mountains
The Dinaric Alps
The Balkan Mountains
The Carpathians
2. A driver using the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy is crossing which major mountain system?
The Apennines
The Dinaric Alps
The Carpathians
The Alps
3. If you traveled along the mountainous ‘spine’ of the Italian Peninsula, which range would you be following?
The Pindus Mountains
The Alps
The Massif Central
The Apennines
4. On a conventional physical-geography diagram, which range is commonly used as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia in Russia?
The Alps
The Ural Mountains
The Balkan Mountains
The Cantabrian Mountains
5. Which mountain range extends through mainland Greece and continues northwest into Albania?
The Vosges
The Pindus Mountains
The Sudetes
The Scandinavian Mountains
6. Which range forms a broad arc through parts of Central and Eastern Europe, including Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania?
The Cantabrian Mountains
The Carpathians
The Scandinavian Mountains
The Apennines
7. Mont Blanc is part of which European mountain range?
The Carpathians
The Pyrenees
The Alps
The Apennines
8. Which mountain system extends through much of Norway and Sweden?
The Carpathians
The Caucasus
The Scandinavian Mountains
The Sudetes
9. A route running southeast beside the eastern Adriatic coast through the western Balkans is most closely associated with which mountains?
The Vosges
The Urals
The Dinaric Alps
The Pyrenees
10. A traveler crossing directly between France and Spain through high mountain terrain would most likely be in which range?
The Sudetes
The Pyrenees
The Dinaric Alps
The Balkan Mountains
11. A hiker following mountainous sections of the Czech–Polish border would most likely encounter which range?
The Sudetes
The Pindus Mountains
The Cantabrian Mountains
The Apennines
12. Which range lies west of the Rhine in northeastern France, opposite Germany’s Black Forest?
The Dinaric Alps
The Sudetes
The Carpathians
The Vosges
13. A traveler in northern Spain sees mountains running close to and broadly parallel with the Bay of Biscay coast. Which range best fits that description?
The Pyrenees
The Apennines
The Vosges
The Cantabrian Mountains
14. A mountaineer is in the high range situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Which range is it?
The Caucasus Mountains
The Carpathians
The Pyrenees
The Pindus Mountains
15. Which upland region in south-central France is known for landscapes shaped by ancient volcanic activity?
The Balkan Mountains
The Scottish Highlands
The Massif Central
The Ural Mountains
16. Which range runs mainly across Bulgaria and gives the Balkan Peninsula its name?
The Balkan Mountains
The Pindus Mountains
The Rila Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains