Answer:
selling indulgences
Explanation:
Luther was most opposed to the idea of people absolving sins through indulgences. Indulgences are payments people make to the church that forgives all sins and "guarantees" their path to heaven. Luther wrote about how this was wrong in the 95 theses as it went against what God said.
It helped prevent Japan from invading Australia.
Stick - nukes
carrot... unsure, which war u talking about? vietnam?
Which war is the question stating?
Spain felt that Portugal would dominate the world's trading routes and resources and it motivated them to compete with them and invest into their own campaigns, such as the one of Columbus.