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‘Sign' Language Quiz

Our world is full of signs that have meaning and we learn to recognize and understand them at a glance. For example, when you see this sign

you know exactly what it means. If the sign is too far away to see the letters, you still know what it stands for based on its shape and colour.

See if you can figure out what these signs or symbols mean. The answers can be found at the bottom of the page.

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Answers: a) airport; b) radioactive; c) railroad; d) handicapped; e) female (washroom); f) hospital; g) recycling; h) Olympic games; i) poppy - Remembrance Day symbol for the Royal Canadian Legion; j) beaver - symbol of Canada; k) dove - symbol of peace; and l) SOS (Save Our Ship)-universal symbol of distress.