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Chaper 1 History Flashcards

1
Q

Barbering is one of the oldest __________ in the world.

A

Professions

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2
Q

Almost all cultures practiced some form of _________ and _________, given the archeological evidence found in ________ ________, early sculptures, and ________ ________.

A

Beautification
Adornment
Painted pottery
Burial mounds

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3
Q

Knowing the history of your profession can help you _______ and understand upcoming ________.

A

Predict
Trends

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4
Q

Barbering has a rich ______, stretching back millennia.

A

History

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5
Q

_____ or strips of hide were used as adornment, and braiding techniques were employed in many cultures.

a. Animal sinew
b. Animal muscle
c. Cow hides
d. Animal products

A

a. Animal sinew

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6
Q

Archeologists can trace the barbering profession as far back as:

A. The Industrial Revolution
B. The Middle Ages
C. The glacial age
D. The renaissance period

A

C. The glacial age

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7
Q

What type of systems elevated tribal barbers to positions of importance, becoming medicine men, shamans, or priests?

A. Belief
B. Religious
C. Value
D. Moral

A

A. Belief

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8
Q

Many primitive cultures maintained a connection between what three things?

A

Body, mind, and spirit

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9
Q

Which ancient civilization is credited with being the first to cultivate hair and beauty in a fashionable way?

A. The Romans
B. The Egyptians
C. The Greeks
D. The Masai warriors

A

B. The Egyptians

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10
Q

What Egyptian barber has a has a statue in his honor?

A. Moses
B. Ticinius Mena
C. Alexander the Great
D. Meryma’at

A

D. Meryma’at

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11
Q

Greek-Sicilian barbers from Sicily introduced _______ to Rome between ______ and _______.

A

Shears
800 and 700 BC

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12
Q

Barba is the Latin word for _______.

A

Beard

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13
Q

What word comes from the Latin tondere, meaning “to shear”?

A. Queue
B. Tonsorial
C. Anno domini
D. Henna

A

B. Tonsorial

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14
Q

According to the Greek philosopher and mathematician ________ the hair was the brain’s inspiration.

A

Pythagoras

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15
Q

Leader of the Macedonian troops

A

Alexander the Great

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16
Q

Accidentally burned his head with a torch

A

Francis I of France

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17
Q

1972 was the year the Roman-Catholic church abolished this practice

A

Tonsure

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18
Q

Grew his beard to hide the scars on his chin

A

Emperor Hadrian

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19
Q

Believed cutting hair decreased intellectual capacity

A

Pythagoras

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20
Q

During the nineteenth century in France, men and women showed appreciation for antiquity by wearing variations of the _________, the style of the early Roman emperors.

A

Caesar cut

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21
Q

Flint-bladed razors found in Egyptian pyramids were used by the ruling class for:

A. Skinning animals
B. Shaving the head and face
C. Sacrificing slaves
D. Weapons in battle

A

B. Shaving the head and face

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22
Q

A form of tweezers was in use by the year:

A. 40,000-10,000 BC
B. 8000-5000 BC
C. 4000 BC
D. 7000 BC

A

C. 4000 BC

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23
Q

Who shaved with obsidian blades

A

Mesopotamians

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24
Q

Who were clean shaven by 2800 BC

A

Sumerians

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25
Q

Who frequented local barbers for services

A

Greek men of 1000 BC

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26
Q

In _____, a young man’s 22nd birthday constituted a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. On this day he received his first ______.

A

Rome
Shave

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27
Q

Considered the father of modern surgery

A

Ambroise Paré

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28
Q

Year barber-surgeons formed their first organization in France

A

1096 AD

29
Q

Most learned and educated people at the time

A

Monks and priests

30
Q

Period in which wigs became very fashionable

A

1700s-1800s

31
Q

Duties previously performed by clergy

A

Bloodletting

32
Q

Location of school of St. Cosmos and St. Domain

A

Paris, France

33
Q

Name associated with barbers for over a thousand years

A

Barber-surgeons

34
Q

City where the Guild of Company of Barbers-Surgeons was formed

A

London, England

35
Q

Year that barbers and surgeons were separated again in England

A

1745

36
Q

Year barbers took over the duties previously performed by the clergy

A

1163

37
Q

The symbolic history of the barber pole can be directly related to the technical procedure if ___________ performed by _____________.

A

Bloodletting
Barber-surgeons

38
Q

334 BC Who prohibited the wearing of beards in battle, so shaving gains popularity.

A

Alexander the Great

39
Q

Ticinius Mena

A

Sicilian credited with bringing barbering and shaving to Rome in 296 BC

40
Q

A. B. Moler

A

1893
America’s first barber school
Chicago, Illinois

41
Q

AMBBA

A

Association Master Barbers Beauticians America

42
Q

Journeyman Barber Groups

A

Organizations representing barber EMPLOYEES

43
Q

Master barber groups

A

Organizations representing the barber EMPLOYERS

44
Q

Tonsorial

A

related to the cutting, clipping, or trimming of hair with shears or a razor

45
Q

Tonsure

A

Shaved patch on crown of head

46
Q

1985

A

Over 50% barber students are female

47
Q

1995

A

Over 50% barber students are African American

48
Q

1925

A

Associated Master Barbers of America establishes the National Education Council to improve and standardize barbering education.

49
Q

Some states move away from barber-specific licenses in favor of general cosmetology licensing. Unisex salons pull clients away from barbershops, along with popularity of full-service salons and spas in 1990s.

A

1980s

50
Q

2010s

A

Reemergence of beards on young men and investment in art of male upkeep has barbering booming: number of new barbers up by 10% in two years. Large-scale “barber battle” competitions grow in popularity.

51
Q

1750-1850

A

Wigs in vogue in Europe and worn in the American colonies by the upper classes; barbers add wigmaking and maintenance to tonsorial services.

52
Q

Surgeons again separate from barbers and form the Company of Surgeons (becomes Royal College of Surgeons in
1800); complete separation of barbers from surgeons enacted by law; barbers keep the barber pole as the sign of their profession.

A

1745

53
Q

Henry VIII of England reunites the barbers and surgeons through an Act of Parliament to set up the Company of Barbers and Surgeons of London.

A

1540

54
Q

English surgeon and barber guilds merge and become the Company of Barber-Surgeons until 1745; barbers restricted to blood-letting, tooth pulling, cauterization, and tonsorial services.

A

1450

55
Q

Worshipful Company of Barbers guild founded in London, England; two groups formed: barbers who practiced barbering and those who practiced surgery.

A

1308

56
Q

Year and location of the formation of the Journeyman Barbers’ international Union of America

A

1887
New York

57
Q

First state to pass barber licensing laws and what year

A

Minnesota
1897

58
Q

Year the first Moler manual of barbering published

A

1893

59
Q

Year and location the Associated Master Barbers of America was formed

A

1924
Chicago, Illinois

60
Q

Group the AMBBA represented

A

Shop and salon owners

61
Q

Standardized the operation of barber schools

A

National Association of Barber Schools

62
Q

Standardized and upgraded barber training

A

National Educational Council

63
Q

Organized in St. Paul, Minnesota

A

National Association of State Board of Barber examiners

64
Q

Which organization adopted the barber code of ethics

A

AMBBA

65
Q

Which country is credited with being the first to develop barbering as an art?

A

Greece

66
Q

What is the primary function of state barber boards?

A

Protection of
Health, safety, and welfare of
Public

67
Q

What are the characteristics sometimes associated with wearing a beard?

A

Social status
Wisdom
Religion
Manhood

68
Q

Who imposed a tax on beards?

A

Peter the Great

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