SHS 222 - midterm study guide (UIUC) Exam #1
Questions with correct answers
How did Bell become involved with the Deaf community? - ✔✔His father was
devoted to educating deaf children
What is a CODA, sometimes also called KODA? - ✔✔Child/Kid of Deaf Adults
Residential schools are no longer the dominant force in the lives of deaf people
because... - ✔✔deaf school-aged children often attend mainstream programs
Most deaf people are born to deaf parents and have deaf children of their own -
✔✔False
The practice of capitalizing the D in Deaf has been utilized since the 1980s and
refers to... - ✔✔people who do not hear and who choose to use ASL, participate
in the Deaf community, and embrace Deaf culture
The term "eugenics" was coined... - ✔✔in 1883
What is Deaf culture? - ✔✔The culture of people who do not hear and who use
ASL and partake in a society comprised of people who also use ASL and are proud
of their deafness
According to Greenwald, Bell did not advocate to limit the rights of deaf people
because... - ✔✔a) he was familiar with deaf individuals and b) he respected deaf
individuals
, In February 1988, just before the rally: - ✔✔There were 6 semi finalists, 3 hearing,
3 deaf
What percentage of deaf people are born to deaf parents? - ✔✔10%
Abbe de I'Epee founded the first free educational institution for deaf people in
France in: - ✔✔1771
Language has only one function: to communicate - ✔✔False
It has been claimed that... - ✔✔only ASL offers deaf people 100% access to
information
The word/sign order in ASL is extremely rigid - ✔✔False
Phonology is traditionally known as the study of sound in specific environments.
Does sign language have this? - ✔✔Yes. It is still called phonology. ASL 'sounds'
are not sounds you can hear, but are instead represented visually by handshake,
location, movement, and palm orientation
Many Deaf people are bilingual - ✔✔True
Which one of these is not a language? - ✔✔Signed English
Questions with correct answers
How did Bell become involved with the Deaf community? - ✔✔His father was
devoted to educating deaf children
What is a CODA, sometimes also called KODA? - ✔✔Child/Kid of Deaf Adults
Residential schools are no longer the dominant force in the lives of deaf people
because... - ✔✔deaf school-aged children often attend mainstream programs
Most deaf people are born to deaf parents and have deaf children of their own -
✔✔False
The practice of capitalizing the D in Deaf has been utilized since the 1980s and
refers to... - ✔✔people who do not hear and who choose to use ASL, participate
in the Deaf community, and embrace Deaf culture
The term "eugenics" was coined... - ✔✔in 1883
What is Deaf culture? - ✔✔The culture of people who do not hear and who use
ASL and partake in a society comprised of people who also use ASL and are proud
of their deafness
According to Greenwald, Bell did not advocate to limit the rights of deaf people
because... - ✔✔a) he was familiar with deaf individuals and b) he respected deaf
individuals
, In February 1988, just before the rally: - ✔✔There were 6 semi finalists, 3 hearing,
3 deaf
What percentage of deaf people are born to deaf parents? - ✔✔10%
Abbe de I'Epee founded the first free educational institution for deaf people in
France in: - ✔✔1771
Language has only one function: to communicate - ✔✔False
It has been claimed that... - ✔✔only ASL offers deaf people 100% access to
information
The word/sign order in ASL is extremely rigid - ✔✔False
Phonology is traditionally known as the study of sound in specific environments.
Does sign language have this? - ✔✔Yes. It is still called phonology. ASL 'sounds'
are not sounds you can hear, but are instead represented visually by handshake,
location, movement, and palm orientation
Many Deaf people are bilingual - ✔✔True
Which one of these is not a language? - ✔✔Signed English
