WorksheetsAmerican Deaf History
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is American Sign Language (ASL)? (circle 2 answers)
a language form of English
a language capable of expressing abstract ideas
a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning
a language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts
Historically, American Sign Language is related to:
Swedish Sign Language
British Sign Language
German Sign Language
French Sign Language
American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?
Mexico
United States
Brazil
Canada
England
Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?
10 percent
25 percent
90 percent
50 percent
75 percent
American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through:
Deaf family members
Residential schools for the Deaf
Deaf adults in the community
classroom teachers
Sign Language teachers
The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American Sign Language is primarily:
grammatical
stylistic
emotive
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's:
chest area
hands
face
Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?
interchangeably with any sign
to give names to people and places
as an artistic form of signing
to specify brand names
American Sign Language makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (circle all that apply)
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:
tap him/her on the shoulder
yell as loud as you can
wave in his/her face
go around and stand in front of the person
If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:
wait until they stop talking before you pass through
bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space
go ahead and walk through
find another path
Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people?
watching a signed conversation
moving a person aside so you can pass through
talking (using voice) in the presence of Deaf people
describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her
In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:
speech and lipreading
using Sign Language
writing back and forth
using interpreters
Which of the following are valued in the Deaf community? (circle all that apply)
for community to govern their own affairs
being kept informed about the community and its members
restoring one's hearing
to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the group
to develop long term relationships
Other than the word "Deaf," a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:
deaf and dumb
deaf mutes
hearing impaired
deaf and hard of hearing
none of the above
