ASL Final Notes Review

When signing, your eyebrows should be raised for yes/no questions

• true

• false

• sometimes

__________of deaf people have deaf parents

• 25%

• 10%

• 60%

• 90%

shoulder shifting is used for all except__________.

• contrasting

• sequencing

• comparing

• separating

Deaf people tend to prefer to be called__________.

• hearing impaired

• hard of hearing

• Deaf

• Disabled

The meaning of some signs in ASL change depending on the movement. This is called ____________.

• relativity

• indication

• initializing

• directionality

American Sign Language is just like

• English

• French

• Spanish

• None of the above

An arbitrary sign name ______________

• Is randomly picked

• is a combination of a person's name and a location somewhere on the body.

• is a sign name that describes a physical trait

The sign for tree is considered an __________sign.

• iconic

• artibitrary

• English

• Initialized

____________is a famous deaf sculptor.

• Chuck Baird

• Thomas Gallaudet

• Douglas Tilden

• Laurent Clerc

When fingerspelling, you should

• bounce your hand up and down

• move from left to right

• move from right to left

• keep your elbow down, close to your side.