Answer:
Asia
Step-by-step explanation:
Asia came into contact with the European after Vasco de Gama found the route to reach the Far East through voyages. European Empires were under Old Imperialism from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century when they sought trade routes and establish trading posts in coasts of China and Africa. The New Imperialism began in the 1870s, which drove European nations to build vast empires in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. By 1800, Great Britain was the leading colonial power with colonies in India and China after the Opium Wars.