ASL Crossword

1. The signs for 'man' and 'boy' occur on the ________________.
4. Your ____________ _________ should be used for fingerspelling.
5. The sign for ________ is made with a 'B' handshape on the side of the mouth.
7. Which of the 5 parameters includes head nods, facial expressions and mouth morphemes?
9. When two signers are blocking your path and you need to get to the other side, you should __________ ____________ ______________.
11. A person who cannot hear is ______.
12. American Sign Language is based on _________ Sign Language.
13. An appropriate response to the question, "What's up?" is ________________.
14. Many of the signs for the colors are _______________ (Hint: mine are K.A.)
15. ___________ is the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
17. Which of the 5 parameters changes to make the sign 'sorry' become the word 'please'?
18. When describing a person, you should start by telling their _____________.
19. If you don't know the sign for something (like the sign for dance) you could ______ ___ ______.
20. ____________ _____________ started Deaf schools across Africa.

1. ___________________ is primarily used to tell the names of people and places.
2. The signs for 'girl' and 'woman' occur on the ______________.
3. ______________ _____________ are extremely important in ASL. They show emotion, change questions from statements and add additional meaning to signs.
6. Your _________ _____________ should be toward you for the numbers 1-5.
8. ______________ can change the meaning of the sign 'nice' to 'clean'
10. What does ASL stand for?
16. ______ ____________ is extremely important in ASL. It is necessary to show that you are "listening".