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Which statement best describes a sphere of influence?

At one time, Australia considered Great Britain its mother country.
India was a colony and under control of the British government.
In Kenya, Britain created a government of Britons, not Kenyans.
Iran was independent, and Britain controlled trade in southern Iran.

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"Iran was independent, and Britain controlled trade in southern Iran."

A sphere of influence is when a powerful country exerts economic, political, or military control or special privileges in a region without formally annexing it; Britain controlling trade in part of Iran fits that definition.