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1. Archaeological studies have shown that simple implements were made
tocut hair using...
Answer: sharpened flints, oyster shells and bone.
2. Many primitive cultures had belief systems that elevated tribal
barbers topositions of importance; one such position was a.
ANS Shaman
3. What latin word meaning "beard" is the origin of the word barber
Answer: Barba.
4. During the Middle Ages, a was a distinguishing style worn by
cler-gymen
Answer: tonsure
5. Which of the following historical figures encouraged shaving by
imposinga tax on beards Answer: Peter the Great.
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, 6. In what year did barber-surgeons begin practicing after they took over
therole of physician and surgeon from the clergy
Answer: 1163
7. In 1540, Henry VIII recombined the barbers and surgeons of London
throughan Act of Parliament by granting a charter to the...
Answer: Company of Barber-Sur- geons
8. The Symbol of the barber pole is thought to have evolved from what
tech-nical procedure performed by the barber-surgeons
Answer: Bloodletting
9. Many Europeans had become so dependent upon the services of the
barber-surgeons that settlers brought barber-surgeons with them
toAmerica
Answer: Dutch and Swedish
10. One interpretation of the red, white and blue barber pole colors is
that the colors represent , , and
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