History of Barbering

haircutting and hairstyling were practiced as early as what age?

• middle age

• modern age

• glacier age

• new age

Egyptians are credited to be the first people to cultivate what?

• Food

• Gold

• cosmetics

• beauty and fashion

________ Barbers from Sicily introduced shears to Rome sometime between 800 and 700 BC.

• Egyptian barbers

• Greek Barbers

• Traveling Barbers

• New York Barbers

What are some of the things found in Egyptian tombs?

• scissors

• brushes

• Razors made from bronze

• mirrors

• All of the above

What does the Blue, White, and Red stand for on the Barber pole?

(a)  

In Ancient Rome what indicated your class or rank?

• Dancing

• posture

• cutting

• Hair color

Clergymen of the middle ages were distinguished by the _________?

• Tonsure

• Eye color

• Beards

• Hair color

What year did the Catholic Church finally abolished the practice of tonsure?

• 1890

• 1972

• 1700

• 1925

Who were the first to be apart of modern bloodletting?

• The priest

• Doctors

• Barber surgeons

• Kings and Queens

What does the bottom basin of the barber pole symbolize?

• Your status

• surgeons

• barbers

• The bloodletting