Question

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和訳お願いします！

[(1)Yet even then Europe was no match for the great powers of Asia.] Europeans managed to conquer America and gain supremacy at sea mainly because the (2) powers showed little interest in them.

(1)を和訳せよ。
(2)に当てはまるものを選べ。
1, Aboriginal 2, Asiatic 3, Atlantic 4, Antarctic