Question

During the 1500s and 1600s Germany was divided largely because of disagreements about what?

Answer 1

The answer would be A. Religion.
During the 1500s, a German professor-priest Martin Luther who in 1517 issued a challenge the church over this new interest in worldly affairs. He wanted the church to return to the pure (spiritual) ways of the early church--and back away from all this recent interest in power and wealth--which was rapidly corrupting it.

Answer 2

The Answer is:

A. Religon