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History of Barbering

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

haircutting and hairstyling were practiced as early as what age?

a)

middle age

b)

modern age

c)

glacier age

d)

new age

2.

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

a)

Food

b)

Gold

c)

cosmetics

d)

beauty and fashion

3.

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

a)

Egyptian barbers

b)

Greek Barbers

c)

Traveling Barbers

d)

New York Barbers

4.

What are some of the things found in Egyptian tombs?

a)

scissors

b)

brushes

c)

Razors made from bronze

d)

mirrors

e)

All of the above

5.

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

(a)  

6.

In Ancient Rome what indicated your class or rank?

a)

Dancing

b)

posture

c)

cutting

d)

Hair color

7.

Clergymen of the middle ages were distinguished by the _________?

a)

Tonsure

b)

Eye color

c)

Beards

d)

Hair color

8.

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

a)

1890

b)

1972

c)

1700

d)

1925

9.

Who were the first to be apart of modern bloodletting?

a)

The priest

b)

Doctors

c)

Barber surgeons

d)

Kings and Queens

10.

What does the bottom basin of the barber pole symbolize?

a)

Your status

b)

surgeons

c)

barbers

d)

The bloodletting

11.

(a)   were the first to perform dentistry?

12.

What groups in the 1800s structured and began regulating the profession?

a)

doctors

b)

State Boards

c)

Master barber groups

d)

Greek barbers

13.

What year did the name change from Journeyman barbers to Hairdressers, Cosmetologist, and Proprietors

a)

2005

b)

1700

c)

1963

d)

1950

14.

What state set forth the first acts of sanitation, education and licensing requierments for barbers?

a)

Ohio

b)

New York

c)

Minnesota

d)

Rome

15.

Many sanitation practices began in New York in what year?

a)

1750

b)

1916

c)

2000

d)

1975

16.

What month is considered the month of barbers?

a)

April

b)

October

c)

May

d)

September

17.

Who established the first barber school?

a)

Phylis

b)

A.B Moler

c)

Alexander The Great

d)

Henry VIII

18.

William Arch Bishop of Rouen France in 1096, prohibits wearing of what?

a)

Socks

b)

Beards

c)

Wigs

d)

Hats

19.

Who prohibits the wearing of beards in battle so shaving gains popularity?

a)

Ceasar

b)

Napolian

c)

Alexander The Great

d)

Arch Bishop

20.

Who was the person in the bible that had sayings that speak of barbers?

a)

Moses

b)

God

c)

Ezekiel

d)

All of the above

21.

when do new trends of hairstyling begin?

a)

Every Day

b)

every month

c)

once a week

d)

Every minute

e)

All the above

22.

What is the Latin word for beard?

a)

Sideburn

b)

Barba

c)

Bigote

d)

Cejas

23.

Who was credited to bring shaving and barbering services to Rome?

a)

Greece

b)

Ticinius Mena

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Egyptians

24.

What is the Barber Pole in modern times symbolize?

a)

the flag

b)

United States

25.

Where did the first barber surgeons first form in1096?

a)

France

b)

Sicily

c)

Greece

d)

Maine

26.

Nowadays new trend setters of haircuts and styles are?

a)

Doctors

b)

Athletes

c)

musicians

d)

Teachers