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1
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Barbering is one of the oldest __________ in the world.

A

Professions

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

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Predict
Trends

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Barbering has a rich ______, stretching back millennia.

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History

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_____ 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

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a. Animal sinew

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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

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C. The glacial age

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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

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A. Belief

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Many primitive cultures maintained a connection between what three things?

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Body, mind, and spirit

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

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

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D. Meryma’at

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

A

Shears
800 and 700 BC

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Barba is the Latin word for _______.

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Beard

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

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

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B. Tonsorial

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

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Pythagoras

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Leader of the Macedonian troops

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Alexander the Great

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Accidentally burned his head with a torch

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Francis I of France

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

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Tonsure

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Grew his beard to hide the scars on his chin

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Emperor Hadrian

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Believed cutting hair decreased intellectual capacity

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Pythagoras

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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.

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Caesar cut

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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

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B. Shaving the head and face

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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

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C. 4000 BC

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Who shaved with obsidian blades

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Mesopotamians

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Who were clean shaven by 2800 BC

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Sumerians

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Who frequented local barbers for services
Greek men of 1000 BC
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In _____, a young man's 22nd birthday constituted a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. On this day he received his first ______.
Rome Shave
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Considered the father of modern surgery
Ambroise Paré
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Year barber-surgeons formed their first organization in France
1096 AD
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Most learned and educated people at the time
Monks and priests
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Period in which wigs became very fashionable
1700s-1800s
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Duties previously performed by clergy
Bloodletting
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Location of school of St. Cosmos and St. Domain
Paris, France
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Name associated with barbers for over a thousand years
Barber-surgeons
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City where the Guild of Company of Barbers-Surgeons was formed
London, England
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Year that barbers and surgeons were separated again in England
1745
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Year barbers took over the duties previously performed by the clergy
1163
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The symbolic history of the barber pole can be directly related to the technical procedure if ___________ performed by _____________.
Bloodletting Barber-surgeons
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334 BC Who prohibited the wearing of beards in battle, so shaving gains popularity.
Alexander the Great
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Ticinius Mena
Sicilian credited with bringing barbering and shaving to Rome in 296 BC
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A. B. Moler
1893 America's first barber school Chicago, Illinois
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AMBBA
Association Master Barbers Beauticians America
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Journeyman Barber Groups
Organizations representing barber EMPLOYEES
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Master barber groups
Organizations representing the barber EMPLOYERS
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Tonsorial
related to the cutting, clipping, or trimming of hair with shears or a razor
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Tonsure
Shaved patch on crown of head
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1985
Over 50% barber students are female
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1995
Over 50% barber students are African American
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1925
Associated Master Barbers of America establishes the National Education Council to improve and standardize barbering education.
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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.
1980s
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2010s
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.
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1750-1850
Wigs in vogue in Europe and worn in the American colonies by the upper classes; barbers add wigmaking and maintenance to tonsorial services.
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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.
1745
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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.
1540
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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.
1450
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Worshipful Company of Barbers guild founded in London, England; two groups formed: barbers who practiced barbering and those who practiced surgery.
1308
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Year and location of the formation of the Journeyman Barbers’ international Union of America
1887 New York
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First state to pass barber licensing laws and what year
Minnesota 1897
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Year the first Moler manual of barbering published
1893
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Year and location the Associated Master Barbers of America was formed
1924 Chicago, Illinois
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Group the AMBBA represented
Shop and salon owners
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Standardized the operation of barber schools
National Association of Barber Schools
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Standardized and upgraded barber training
National Educational Council
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Organized in St. Paul, Minnesota
National Association of State Board of Barber examiners
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Which organization adopted the barber code of ethics
AMBBA
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Which country is credited with being the first to develop barbering as an art?
Greece
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What is the primary function of state barber boards?
Protection of Health, safety, and welfare of Public
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What are the characteristics sometimes associated with wearing a beard?
Social status Wisdom Religion Manhood
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Who imposed a tax on beards?
Peter the Great

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