The Han Dynasty experienced financial mismanagement, leading to an end of centralized government in East Asia for about 400 years. Despite this, Chinese merchants still traded their luxury goods along the Silk Road, and most people in China maintained their work in agriculture.

Question

The Han Dynasty experienced financial mismanagement, leading to an end of centralized government in East Asia for about 400 years. Despite this, Chinese merchants still traded their luxury goods along the Silk Road, and most people in China maintained their work in agriculture.

Which of the following statements correctly analyzes the passage to identify one cause of the fall of the Han Dynasty?
(1 point)
Responses

Chinese merchants traded along the Silk Road.
Chinese merchants traded along the Silk Road.
There was no centralized government.
There was no centralized government.
Chinese people were farmers.
Chinese people were farmers.
There was financial mismanagement.

Answer 1

There was financial mismanagement.

Answer 2

The correct statement that identifies one cause of the fall of the Han Dynasty is: There was financial mismanagement.

Answer 3

The correct statement that identifies one cause of the fall of the Han Dynasty is "There was financial mismanagement." This can be inferred from the passage where it mentions that the Han Dynasty experienced financial mismanagement, leading to an end of centralized government.