What harmful effects did isolation have on China during the Ming dynasty? Choose three correct answers. cut off China from Europ
e encouraged illegal smuggling reduced resources for the military made Mongol invasion more likely weakened the power of Chinese officials slowed the spread of technology and innovation hurt farmers and merchants who depended on trade
When the Ming dysnastia decided to isolate China, it aimed to promote domestic reforms, to preserve cultures and racial purity and to prevent European influence in the region. However, although a large part of these objectives were achieved, isolation also caused problems in the country. The main problem was the disadvantage that farmers and traders who sold their products, often to European nations, lost this possibility and had their economic conditions unfavorable. A second problem was that China was prevented from having access to possible technologies that other nations could develop.
