Most likely because in poor, rural areas, public schools are scarce/ not easily available, and so sending a girl to school is not as prioritized as sending a boy to school, since a boy can start working and be a "breadwinner" for the family sooner than a girl.
mexico is where it was common
Explanation:
The Romans invented a law code detailing the rights and duties of citizens and defined the legal process.
The legal system we use today is very mostly based on Roman laws. They included the rights and duties of citizens which did in fact define the legal process and is widely used in common law. The Western governments used many Roman law ideas and it outlines how we deal with law today.
I do not know any of the answers since I did not read the passage, the next time you could put a link to the passage so it's better to comprehend. That's my best suggestion.
I suggest: Put some context and background knowledge <em>before</em> putting the questions themselves for people to answer. If you don't do that, then people would be coming into this blindly.
The answer is the Monroe Doctrine. This Doctrine was stated by the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, on December 2, 1823, and became the foreign policy of the nation for many years.
The doctrine stated that:
●<em> The efforts of European nations to colonize land in North or South America, are considered as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention</em>.
●<em> Any interference by European nations with states of North or South America would also be perceived as acts of aggression and would call for U.S. intervention</em>.
● <em>The United States would not interfere with existing European colonies</em>.
● <em>The United States would not get involved with the internal affairs of European nations</em>.