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Colonial empires on all continents

Guess all countries whose colonial empire used to span all continents at some point.
This quizz use the six continents model, excluding Antarctica (although some of the listed countries DO have territories on this continent too)
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Last updated: May 20, 2020
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6 Comments
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Level 41
Nov 24, 2022
good but doesn't Russia also count
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Level 73
Nov 24, 2022
Did Russia have colonies in Africa, South America and Oceania?
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Level 41
Jan 29, 2023
sorry never mind I didn't mean Russia at all I meant the United States of America not sure how I made that mistake.
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Level 43
Mar 31, 2025
Usa -

NA (cuba, alaska, pr, usvi, etc..)

SA (occupied galapagos islands)

Europe (italy, germany, iceland, russia in ww2)

Africa (liberia, libyan/somalian occupation)

Asia (philippines, japan, iraq, afghanistan)

Oceania (plethora of island nations, nmi, guam, hawaii, etc etc etc)

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Level 43
Mar 31, 2025
And if the netherlands qualifies for having land in oceania at one point how does portugal not?
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Level 73
Mar 31, 2025
I tend to use the Lydekker line rather than the Wallace line to differenciate Asia and Oceania, but maybe I should use the Wallace line. That being said, Portugal never had colonies in North America afaik.

As for the USA, I don't count temporary military occupation as colonisation in itself, even though it can open the way for it, so I wouldn't say they colonised Europe.