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Body Language
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100
This person standardized ASL.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
100
This word is what Deaf people with Deaf pride prefer to be called.
What is "Deaf" with a capital D?
100
When signing this type of question, you raise your eyebrows, lean your head forward, and widen your eyes.
What is a yes or no question?
100
This is very important in order to display the tone of what you are signing.
What is non-manual markers?
100
This type of signing is used to give the names of people, names of cities and states, titles of movies or books, and brand names.
What is fingerspelling?
200
Thomas Gallaudet and this person came to America to establish a school for the Deaf.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
200
This part of the body is where you should look when watching another person sign.
What is their face?
200
Tilting your head, squinting your eyes, opening your mouth slightly, and tracing the route by extending your arm fully are ways to show this.
What is showing that a location is far away?
200
In interactions between 2 or more people, this is movement is very important.
What is role shifting?
200
ASL originated from this country.
What is France?
300
This person was Helen Keller's teacher and personal aid for most of Helen's life.
Who is Anne Sullivan?
300
This action is the appropriate way to get the attention of a Deaf person looking the other way.
What is tapping their shoulder?
300
Gender is always mentioned first when doing this.
What is identifying others?
300
These are used to show the different classes of things, shapes, and sizes.
What are classifiers?
300
This was the reason for the protest at Gallaudet University in 1988.
What is making sure Deaf people are placed in important positions?
400
The National College for the Deaf and Dumb was the original name for this University.
What is Gallaudet University?
400
When there is change of routine or schedule, this action is expected and respectful in the Deaf culture.
What is explaining why you are late?
400
When signing this type of question, you lower your eyebrows, and make a facial expression with your mouth like sucking through a straw.
What is a Wh question?
400
Handshape, movement, palm-orientation, location, and non-manual markers, if done incorrectly can do this.
What is changing the meaning of a sign?
400
This event takes place in September of every year and focuses on public education activities.
What is Deaf Awareness Week?
500
This person was the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.
Who is King Jordan?
500
Using pen and paper, gesturing, lipreading and speech, or an interpreter are all forms of this type of communication.
What is cross-cultural communication?
500
To structure sentences in ASL you use this format.
What is subject, object, verb?
500
This refers to the physical parameters or body placement where signs are produced.
What is location?
500
This movie is based on the life of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach her.
What is The Miracle Worker?