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| What is American Sign Language? |
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| A language capable of expressing abstract ideas and a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning. |
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| American Sign Language is related to: |
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| Sign language is used by most deaf people in which of the following countries? |
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| What percent of deaf people get married to other deaf people? |
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| The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in sign language is primarily: |
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| While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's: |
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| Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways? |
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| To give names to people or places |
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| ASL makes use of the space infront of a signer's body to: |
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| Convey distance, contrast two people, places, things, or ideas, and to express time concepts. |
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| To get the attention of a deaf person who is looking the other way, you should: |
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| If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should: |
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| Go ahead and walk through. |
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| Which of the following are considered 'rude' by deaf people? |
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| Watching a signed conversation, and talking (using voice) in the presence of deaf people. |
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| In general, the least effective communication strategy between deaf and hearing people is: |
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| Which of the following are valued in the deaf community? |
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| Being kept informed about the community and it's members and to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the group. |
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| Other than the word "deaf", a culturally appropriate way to identify deaf people would be to say that they are: |
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| No other word other than "deaf" should be used to explain the deaf society. |
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