Barbering study guide Flashcards
High-ranking Egyptians shaved their heads__.
prevent infestations
Meryma’at was famous EgyPtian barber who practiced his Skills __ years ago.
6000
braiding patterns among the Masai warriors denote__.
Status
between 800 and 700 BC, Greek barbers from Sicily introduced__.
shears
Ticinius Mena of ___ is credited with having brought shaving and barbering services to Rome in earnest.
Sicily
The Latin word ___ means beard.
barba
almost every early culture, hairstyles indicated __.
social status
The philosopher__ believed the hair was the source of the brain’s inspiration.
Pythagoras
In ancient Rome, a woman’s __ was a sign of her class.
hair color
The__ was mostly worn by clergymen of the Middle Ages.
tonsure
Among most early cultures, the beard was a sign of__.
All answers are correct
For centuries, only __ performed dentistry.
barbers
Ambroise Pard was a barber-surgeon who was considered the greatest surgeon of the __
Renaissance period
The colors of the barber pole are derived from ___.
The practice of bloodletting
By the end of the nineteenth century, barbering __.
began to emerge as an independent profession
