Adopted a militaristic approach to dealing with native cultures they encountered claimed the territory of brazil when pedro álvares cabral landed there found a route to india by sailing around the horn of africa

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they gained control over the philippines, east dutch indies/indonesia, much of new guinea, the solomon islands, guam, and other strategic areas all over the western pacific. japan even occupied part of the aleutian islands, which belonged to alaska.

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