What is American Sign Language?

• a visual form of English

• a language that relies on mime

• a language that utilizes space and movement to convey meaning

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

American Sign Language is most closely related to...

• British Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• German Sign Language

ASL is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?

• Canada and the US

• Only the US.

• US and Mexico

• Canada, Mexico, and the US

• England and the US

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

• 10%

• 20%

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through (select two)...

• Deaf family members

• Deaf adults in the community

• Sign language teachers

• Deaf education teachers

• Deaf residential schools

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 users, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?

• interchangeably with any sign

• to specify proper nouns (such as people, places, and brands)

• as an artistic form of signing

ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to do everything except...

• 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 them on the shoulder

• wave in their face

• go around and stand in front of the person