Deaf Culture Review - adapted from SN Units 1-6

What is American Sign Language? (Select 2)

• a visual form of English

• a language that relies on mime

• a language capable of expressing abstract ideas

• a language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts

• A language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

Historically, ASL is closely related to:

• British Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• German Sign Language

ASL is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries? (Select 2)

• Canada

• USA

• Mexico

• Brazil

• England

About what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through: (Select 2)

• Deaf family members

• Deaf adults in the community

• Residential schools for the Deaf

• Sign Language teachers

• classroom teachers

The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL is primarily

• grammatical

• stylistic

• emotive

While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's

• hands

• chest area

• face

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways? (Select 2)

• interchangeably with any sign

• to specify brand names

• as an artistic form of signing

• to give names to people and places

ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to (select 3)

• convey distance

• contrast two people, places, things, or ideas

• express time concepts

• indicate sentence types

To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should...

• yell as loud as you can

• tap him/her on the shoulder

• wave in his/her face

• go around and stand in front of the person