WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Soon Germany, France, and Britain also demanded “leaseholds” in China. Each leasehold became the center of a country’s sphere of influence, an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase sphere of influence was first used in the 1880s, in reference to the political control exerted by England and Germany (and their rivalry) over various African countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Famous examples of spheres of influence in Asian history include the spheres established by the British and Russians in Persia (Iran) in the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 and the spheres within Qing China that were taken by eight different foreign nations late in the nineteenth century.

Detailed explanation-4: -This settlement allowed Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia all to claim exclusive trading rights with specific areas of China. These areas were referred to as “spheres of influence".

Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following BEST defines “sphere of influence"? An area within which the political and economic interests of one nation are more important than those of other nations.