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The name of the community in which Sign Language thrived to where most people in the community, hearing or deaf, knew ASL. 

Martha’s Vineyard

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This is where most of ASL comes from

Old LSF (French Sign Language)

100

Founded first public school for the Deaf.

Abbe Charles Michel de l' Epee

100

William Stoke published Sign Language Structure in what year.

1965

100

Which country is this fingerspelling (manual alphabet) form?

Spain

200

Were Deaf people considered disabled at Martha’s Vineyard?

No

200

People that study how languages change over time

Linguists

200

Father of the Deaf

Abbe Charles Michel de l' Epee

200

What did Juan Pablo Bonet do within deaf education? 

He published first deaf education book

200

what is this sign

Don't Know

300

What country did ASL fingerspelling take its foundations from?

Spain

300

Name at least 2 influences of where ASL came from

Fingerspelling, Old LSF, Creole, Martha's Vineyard Island, Regional Signs, Native American Signs

300

The father of  modern education of the deaf

Pedro Ponce de Leon

300

Who was the “Father of ASL Linguistics”?

William C. Stokoe

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This person conducted genealogical research on the deaf Vineyarders, trying to isolate the cause of deafness. 

Alexander Graham Bell

400

William C. Stokoe was a French Linguist. True or False.

False, he was an American Linguist

500

Which two people used the Creole language to influence the beginnings of ASL?

Gallaudet and Clerc

500

What year did Martha’s Vineyard deaf population peak?

A.1817 

b.1898 

c.1908 

d. 1854

d.1854

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