2. Colonial expansion adopted by Europe´s powers and, later, Japan and the United States, during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. The expansion took place from the Franco- Prussian War to World War I (1870-1914).
3. Latin America and seaports of Africa were some of the first areas to be colonized by Europe. Although the African geography, climate and deseases delayed most colonization.
9. “ Monopoly, oligarchy, the striving for domination and not freedom, the explitation of an increasing number of small or weak nations by a handful of the richest or most powerful nations- all these have given birth to those distinctive characteristics of imperialsim which compel us to define it as parastic or decaying capitalism”.