ASL FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ASL FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the Deaf President Now movement? (date) - ANSWERS-
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Deaf President Now (DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet Universit
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y, Washington, D.C. The university, established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve
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the Deaf, had always been led by a hearing president.
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Who was the first supervisor of the first school for the deaf in the US? - ANSWERS-
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet rf rf




who was the first deaf teacher of deaf students in the US? - ANSWERS-Laurent Clerc
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Who founded the first successful school for the deaf in Paris? - ANSWERS-
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Abbe De l'Epee rf rf




Who founded the first deaf church in the US? - ANSWERS-Thomas Gallaudet
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Who was the first linguist to verify ASL as a true language? - ANSWERS-
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Who founded the first college for deaf students? - ANSWERS-Edward Miner Gallaudet
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Who trained teachers to establish free public schools throughout Europe? -
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ANSWERS-Abbe Sicard
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Who was the first student to attend they first school for the deaf in the US? -
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ANSWERS-Alice Cogswell
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when was the world's first deaf college in DC founded? - ANSWERS-1864
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When was the world conference of educators for the deaf in Milan, Italy when they start
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ed abolishing sign language? - ANSWERS-1880
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when was the American School for the Deaf established in Hartford, Connnecticut foun
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ded? - ANSWERS-April 15, 1817
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When was Martha's Vineyard? - ANSWERS-1920's
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When did the Spanish Monks use sign language to communicate and discover it as a t
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ool t educate deaf people? - ANSWERS-1700's
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when did ASL prove to be a true and fully developed language at Gallaudet College? -
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ANSWERS-1960
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, what is ASL? - ANSWERS- rf rf rf rf


A language capable of expressing any abstract idea, and utilizing space and movemen
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t to convey meaning
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Historically, ASL is related to what other type of sign language? - ANSWERS- rf rf rf rf rf rf rf rf rf rf rf rf


French Sign Language rf rf




Which 2 countries use ASL the most? - ANSWERS-US, Canada
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What percent of deaf people have deaf parents? - ANSWERS-10%
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Primarily, how is ASL and deaf culture transmitted to deaf people from generation to ge
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neration? - ANSWERS-residential schools for the deaf rf rf rf rf rf rf




What is the role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL? -
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ANSWERS-grammatical
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While another person is signing, where is it appropriate to look? - ANSWERS-their face
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When is finger spelling used? - ANSWERS-rf rf rf rf rf rf


to specify brand names, to give names of people and places
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What does ASL make use of the space in front of a signer's body for? - ANSWERS-
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Convey distance, contrast two people, places, things, or ideas, and to express time co
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ncepts

To get the attention of a deaf person who is looking the other way, what do you do? -
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ANSWERS-tap him or her on the shoulder
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if your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, what do you do? -
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ANSWERS-go ahead and walk through
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What 2 things are rude in a Deaf person's eyes? - ANSWERS-
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looking at a signed convo without indicating you know ASL, and talking without signing
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in the presence of Deaf People
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What is the least effective communication strategy between deaf and hearing people?
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- ANSWERS-speech and lipreading
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what are 3 things that are valued in the Deaf Community? - ANSWERS-
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for deaf people to govern their own affairs, being kept informed about the community a
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nd its member, and restoration of hearing loss
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Other than the word "Deaf", what is another culturally appropriate word to use? -
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ANSWERS-nothing
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What has deaf people face discrimination in? - ANSWERS-
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job hiring and promotions, obtaining a driver's licence without restrictions, getting dece
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nt housing, obtaining access to public services, info, and entertainmen
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