Ancient Cultures
What Latin word meaning "beard" is the origin of the word barber?
1. Tondere
2. Tonsors
3. Queue
4. Barba
In what year did barber-surgeons begin practicing after they took over the role of physician and surgeon from the clergy?
1. 1096
2. 1163
3. 1308
4. 1450
Which of the following organizations developed standards for licensing and policing the barber industry?
1. Journeymen Barbers International Union of America
2. Barbers' Protection Association
3.National Association of Barbers of America (NABBA)
4. Association Master Barbers and Beauticians of America (AMBBA)
In ancient Rome, the color of a woman's hair indicated her ______ or ______.
1. style and dress
2. class or rank
3. mood and look
4. rank and style
By the Neolithic period, early peoples had created settlements and began to farm. Artwork of this period showed examples of _______.
1. hairy people
2. long beards
3. clean-shaven faces
4. no examples
Many primitive cultures had belief systems that elevated tribal barbers to positions of importance, one such position was a ________.
1. noblemen
2. warrior
3. shaman
4. tonsorial artist
The symbol of the barber pole is thought to have evolved from what technical procedure performed by the barber-surgeons?
1. Bloodletting
2. Pulling teeth
3. Tonsorial services
4. Cauterization
The National Association of State Board of Barber Examination was created in ______ to solidity required qualifications for barber examination applications and the methods used in their evaluation.
1. 1929
2. 1924
3. 1927
4. 1925
1. adulthood
2. elderly
3. adolescence
4. baby
1. The Greek
2. The Neolithic period
3. Ticinius Mena
4. Egyptians
Archaeological studies have shown that simple implements were made to cut hair using these types of tools?
1. sharpened flints, oyster shells, bone
2. twigs, rocks, vines
3. steel, rubber, ivory
4. stone, brass, shells
One interpretation of the red, white, and blue barber pole colors is that the colors represent _______, ______ and _____.
1. life, water, porcelain
2. blood, veins, bandages
3. leaches, shaving cream, swirling colors
4. haircutting, shaving beard grooming
The Association Master Barbers and Beauticians of America (AMBBA) adopted the barber code of ethics to promote _______.
1. professional responsibility
2. the profession of barbering
3. professional education
4. licensure
During the ______ ______ in France, people showed appreciation for antiquity by wearing variations of the "Caesar cut", the style of the early Roman emperors.
1. Nineteenth Century
2. Sixteenth Century
3. 3000 BCE- 1000 BCE
4. 296 BCE
______ are known to have been used by the ruling classes to shave their heads and faces.
1. stone
2. razors
3. seashells
4. tweezers
During the Middle Ages, a _____ was a distinguishing style worn by clergymen.
1. tonsure
2. wig
3. mustache
4. queue
Many Europeans had become so dependent upon the services of the barber-surgeons that ______settlers brought barber-surgeons with them to America.
1. Egyptian and Greek
2. Dutch and Swedish
3. Italian
4. French
What does the acronym NABBA stand for?
1. National Association of State Board
2. National Association of Barber Code
3. National Association of Barber Boards of America
4. National Association of Barbering Bloodletting of America
The Danes, Angles, and Normans dressed their hair for
________, ________, and ________ before battles with the Britons.
1. polished nails, wear perfume and wigs
2. beautification, adornment, and ornamentation
3. braids, shaved face, colored hair
4. put blush on, shaved head, wear perfume
The work of this barber was held in high esteem and has his image was sculpted for posterity.
1. Ticinius Mena
2. Meryma'at
3. tonsure of St. Peter
4. Egyptians
Which of the following historical figures encouraged shaving by imposing a tax on beards?
1. Alexander the Great
2. Peter the Great
3. Louis XIV
4. Emperor Hadrian
In the early 1900s in New York City, what system outlined strict disinfection and cleaning practices?
1. Licensed system
2. Workers International system
3. Franchise System
4. Terminal methods system
What time period in history represented the heyday for American barbershops, with many men visiting their neighborhood shops every two weeks to maintain a clean-cut appearance?
1. 1970
2. 1940s and 1950s
3. 1960s
4. 1980s and 1990s
At various times in Roman history, those who were enslaved would be _____ or _____ to wear beards, depending on the dictates of the ruler.
1. like or not like
2. allowed or disallowed
3. right or wrong
4. happy or sad
The Masai warriors, for example, wove their front hair into ______ ______ of tiny braids.
1. five sections
2. one section
3. three sections
4. ten sections