It is 5/4 i took the test today aswell
The Answer is: C. district
Germany was extremely divided in the period since it was not yet a unified country. This lack of centralism led to rampant corruption that always ended with church as a unified body having huge power over the separated individual regions. This allowed extreme corruption to prosper and the church was basically exploiting people. Martin Luther was sick of this and he used the newly developed idea of a printing press to spread his message in order to fight the Catholic church's corruption.
Climate and resources played a drastic role in the way each colonial region influenced the way it's people made a living, since people in the South were far more prone to be farmers, since the land and climate was much more conducive to farming--making people in the North far more likely to make and sell goods.