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Through Deaf Eyes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who started the first school for the Deaf in America

a)

George Bush

b)

Thomas H Gallaudet

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

2.

Who was the first Deaf teacher in America?

a)

Laurent Clerc

b)

George Veditz

c)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

What percentage of Deaf children have hearing parents?

a)

10%

b)

35%

c)

50%

d)

90%

4.

There are many different signed languages, just like there are many different spoken languages.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which President signed the charter to create a Deaf college?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Abraham Lincoln

6.

What is the name of the world's only Deaf University?

a)

Sign Language University

b)

University of Northern Colorado

c)

Gallaudet University

d)

Clerc College for the Deaf

7.

This famous person supported oralism, not signed language.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Laurent Clerc

8.

This educational philosophy supported speech and lip-reading.

a)

Home schooling

b)

Manual Communication

c)

Oralism

9.

What does N.A.D. stand for?

a)

National Association of the Deaf

b)

Northern Association of the Death

c)

National Assimilation of Deafies

10.

What is a C.O.D.A.?

a)

Children with Differing Abilities

b)

Children of Death Adults

c)

Child of Deaf Adults

11.

What football formation did Deaf people create?

a)

Huddle

b)

Touch back

c)

Field goal

d)

Touchdown dance

12.

Why did the NAD make films of signing masters?

a)

To teach ASL

b)

To show the beauty of ASL

c)

To preserve ASL

13.

An imaginary world that focuses on the eye instead of ears.

a)

Eyeth

b)

Sign world

c)

Deaftopia

14.

What was the first movie about a Deaf character to win an Academy Award

a)

Children of a Lesser God

b)

The Eyes Have It

c)

What the Deaf Man Heard

d)

Johnny Belinda

15.

ASL is most similar to which signed language?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Spanish

d)

German