Name: ______________________________________________
SKILL: RESEARCH
White House Web Quest
Think you know your way around the Internet? Test your skills and tour the White
House’s Web site to find out more information about your government.
Directions: Below every question is a URL. This is a Web page’s address. Read each
question carefully. Then, find answers to these questions by going online and typing in
the URLs to visit each related Web page. Circle the correct answer.
1. B
arack H. Obama is the ____ President of the United States.
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama
A 1st
B 34th
C 44th
D 50th
2. Besides the President and Vice President, who else appears in the first photo of the
slideshow listed below?
www.whitehouse.gov/slideshows/ThePresident-electVisitstheSupremeCourt
A Justices of the Supreme Court
C Mayors from Maryland
B Senators
D Members of Congress
3. What is the Oval Office?
www.whitehouse.gov/about/oval_office
A office of the Vice President
C office of the Environmental Protection Agency
B office of the President D office of the Speaker of the House
4. In state government, who heads the Executive branch?
www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/state_and_local_government
A Mayor
B Governor
C Senator
D President
5. In what year did George Washington begin his presidency?
www.whitehouse.gov/slideshows/presidents
A 1789
B 1790
C 1797
D 1800
6. The Supreme Court is the highest authority of what branch of the U.S. government?
www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/judicial_branch
A Legislative
B Executive
C Positive
D Judicial