WorksheetsDeaf Awareness History
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is American Sign Language related to historically:
British Sign language
Russian Sign language
French Sign language
Swedish Sign language
What is American Sign Language (ASL):
language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning
doing random signs
a language capable of expressing any abstract idea
a language using pictures to convey meaning
Who was the person who studied the methods of teaching sign in France:
Pedro Ponce de León
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
What percent of Deaf people have Deaf Parents?
1 percent
75 percent
10 percent
50 percent
25 percent
What was the name of the first school for the Deaf in America?(choose all that apply)
American Sign Language School
American School for the Deaf
The Deaf and Dumb Persons School
The Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons
When was the ASL dictionary finished?:
1965
1980
2003
1834
What year did the Americans with Disabilities Act take place ?
1980
2000
1995
1990
Who returned to America with Gallaudet ?:
(a)
In what year was the first school for the Deaf opened in America?
April 15th, 1817
April 15th, 1871
What city was the first permanent ASL school established in? :
Hartford
New York
Austin
What year was French ASL founded :
1760
1660
1560
1460
when is national deaf awareness month
April
December
September
March
(Difficult) What was the device created in 1960 that expanded long-distance communication for the deaf ?:
TTY(Teletypewriter)
TDD(Telephone device)
VRI(Video Remote Interpreter)
(Difficult) What is the NAD ?:
A secret organization like the FBI
an organization that promotes civil rights for deaf individuals
an organization that promotes civil rights for hearing and deaf individuals
an organization that helps the hearing and deaf communicate
(Difficult) Who was the person that spoke for three days against the ASL advocates that only spoke for three hours about oralism? :
Gardiner Green Hubbard
Horace Mann
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Gridley Howe
