Asl History Facts
What language is most similar to ASl?
French Sign Language
Who was American educator, advocate for the blind and deaf and co-founder of the ACLU
Helen Keller
Facial Expressions Are Important When Signing. Truth or False
True
There are 45 handshakes in ASL
Handshake
Where was First Deaf School in America Established.
in Connecticut.
Who was the vice president of RIT/Director of the National Institute for the Deaf in the 1980s
William Castle
Sign language only use signs to communicate. True or False
Fasle They use more than just signs
THe location (Where on the body) of each sign can change, and add grammatical information
Location
What was the only signs at the beginning of Asl.
It Only Contained the Basic Alphabet.
Who was the first deaf African-American Gallaudet graduate and founder of schools for the deaf in Africa?
Andrew Foster
Deaf people often use name signs to refer to people True or False
True
Each handshake can change orientation; the palm can face out, down, up, etc.
Palm Orientation
What century was Asl Made in?
Sign Language Was Formally Developed in 17th Century Europe
Who is the first deaf president of Gallaudet University
I. King Jordan
Sign language si the same from country to country True or false?
False It's different to each country.
Many signs in ASL requires a non-manual signal in order to be produced correctly. Others simply require the emotive facial expression to match the meaning the signer is trying to convey
Facial Expression
What is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. Which is?
Deaf culture
Who was the founder of the Girl Scouts in America.
Juliette Low
Sign languages have their own definite grammar.True or False?
True
The Direction that the sign moves (Away from the body, towards the body) Carries specific information Repetition of movement can have gammericatical information
Movement