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ASL 1 Final
Book and culture questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or false: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet studied deaf education on the British Isles? | False |
| What are the 3 "Preventive Measures" that Alexander Graham Bell suggested to decrease the desire of deaf adults to intermarry? | Eliminate residental schools, forbid sign language use in the education of deaf pupils, and prohibit deaf adults from being teachers of deaf children. |
| True or False: Nebraska was the state in which the Oral/speech vs Sign language education methods debate gained major public notice. | Ture |
| True or False: It is beneficial to enroll a deaf child into a deaf school at a young age. | True |
| True or false: In 1908, less than 30 of the 25,000 persons unemployed under Civil Service classficiation were deaf. | True |
| Which president overthrew the civil commissioner's decision? | President Taft |
| What was the primary concern for the Students at Gallaudet University when they went on strike? | Remove the newly appointed University Hearing president and replace them with a deaf president. |
| True or false: Alexander Graham Bell supported the use of sign language when educating Deaf students | False |
| True or false: Harvey P. Peet argued in his pamphlets that is was absolutely necessary to send deaf children to a special school by the time they reached age fourteen or fifteen, but it was even better if they could begin attending at eight or ten. | True |
| Who was the first Spaniard to document a method for communicating with deaf people? | Melchor de Yebra |
| Which Institution was the first to practice Alexander Graham Bell’s theory of “Visible Speech”? | Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf |
| What was it that Melchor De Yebra created? | Fingerspelling alphabet |
| What were St. Augustine's more optimistic thoughts on deaf people's ability to be Christians? | He figured that def people could learn Christianity through sign language and non-verbal communication |
| One of the brightest and most acerbic leaders of the American deaf community who initiated a NAD project to preserve American Sign Language on film is named? | George W. Verditz |
| The New England Gallaudet Association was a novelty organization because: | They only allowed deaf members into the club AND They did not distinct between "deaf" or "mute" |
| Why was it so important for the Little Papers to post about the gossip within the deaf community? | It allowed deaf individuals throughout the United States to be aware of their community and its activities. |
| In what year did John B. Hotchkiss become the first Deaf teacher of Gallaudet College? | 1869 |
| Juan Pablo Bonet reporduced whose fingerspelling chart in his book entitled "Simplification of the Letters of the Alphabet and Method of Teaching Deaf-Mutes to Speak? | Melchor de Yebra's |
| True or false: When referring to the audiological condition of not being able to hear, we use lowercase "deaf." | true |
| True or false: When referring to the group of people who share a the language of ASL and its related culture we use the uppercase Deaf. | true |
| True or false: You become a member of the Deaf Community simply by losing your hearing. | False |
| True or false: The majority of ASL users reside in the United States and Canada. | True |
| True or false: The knowledge, beliefs, and practices that make up the culture of Deaf people are actively transmitted from generation to generation. | True |
| When watching a person sign, it is best to focus on the signer's: | Face |
| If your path is blocked by two signers having a conversation with each other, you should: | Go ahead and walk through quickly. |
| True or false: All deaf American citizens were in support of John J. Flournoy’s proposal for an entirely secluded state for the deaf community. | False |
| Which organization is the oldest nationwide organization founded by deaf people? | The National Association of the Deaf |
| True or false: Thomas Jefferson supported the deaf community by making a deaf school a member of the Univeristy of Virgnia? | False |
| Explain what the 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act was. What regulations were made to the act in 1906? | The Act was an examination open to all applicants that when completed made you eligible for government jobs. In 1906 there was a regulation made stating that people with disabilities, including deaf people, were no longer allowed to take the examination. |
| Why were adventitiously deaf leaders important in the 19th/20th century? | these leaders were important because they have experience in both the hearing community and deaf community. Which mean they were able to create a bridge between the two cultures. |
| Many residential graduates became ______ thus constituted an important group with whom deaf kids interacted, providing models and cultural indoctrination. | Teachers |
| True or false: After initally accepting four female student into the prepartory class, Gallaudent refused to accept anymore until 1886 | True |
| True or False: Day schools were residential schools for deaf children that encouraged the use of sign language. | False |
| Robert Bolling was the first Bolling to come to America-True or False? | True |
| In the late 1800s oralist were fighting for ______1________to be taught in schools to the deaf, while the deaf community wanted to be taught and to use ______2________. | Oral speech; sign language |
| What are the parameters of a sign? | Movement, Location, Hand shape, orientation, non-manual markers |
| What are the classifiers? | Size, shape, location |
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