World's longest tunnel completed in Switzerland
Oct. 18, 2010
Q: Swiss engineers drilling the world's longest tunnel broke through the last section of rock last week, crowning 14 years of work. Where is Switzerland?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The tunnel runs under the mountain range that runs through Switzerland. What is the name of those mountains?
A. Alps
B. Black Forest
C. Carpathians
D. Urals
Q: When it opens in 2016, the 35-mile rail tunnel is expected to revolutionize transport across Europe, providing a high-speed link between the north and south of the continent. It will slash travel time as much as one-and-a-half hours between Milan to the south and Switzerland's largest city . . .
A. Basel
B. Bern
C. Geneva
D. Zurich
Q: Where is Milan located?
A. Southern Switzerland
B. Southeastern France
C. Northern Italy
D. Western Austria
Q: Switzerland's Gotthard tunnel is longer than the 33-mile tunnel linking the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in . . .
A. Hawaii
B. The Philippines
C. China
D. Japan
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