Chapter 2 Life Skills

High-ranking Egyptians shaved their heads ____.

• to provide a job
• for aesthetic reasons
• to prevent infestations of parasites
• for religious reasons

Meryma’at was a famous Egyptian barber who practiced his skills ____ years ago.

• 500
• 2000
• 4000
• 6000

Intricate braiding patterns among the Masai warriors denote ____.

• status
• age
• religion
• personal preferences

Sometime between 800 and 700 BC, Greek barbers from Sicily introduced ____ to Rome.

• shears
• hair braiding
• head shaving
• the fashion of oblong beards

Ticinius Mena of ____ is credited with having brought shaving and barbering services to Rome in earnest.

• Milan
• Athens
• Sicily
• Cairo

The Latin word ____ means beard.

• incidere
• barba
• tondeo
• trimodus

In almost every early culture, hairstyles indicated ____.

• gender status
• social status
• geographic location
• birth order

The philosopher ____ believed the hair was the source of the brain’s inspiration

• Pythagoras
• A. B. Moler
• Ticinius Mena
• Meryma’at

In ancient Rome, a woman’s ___ was a sign of her class.

• clothing
• hair color
• hair braiding
• makeup

The ____ was mostly worn by clergymen of the Middle Ages.

• mustache
• braid
• hat
• tonsure