Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: C - Shogun was to samurai as European lord was to vassal. In the hierarchy of feudal society, there was a supreme ruler who was above everyone else. In Japan, there was an emperor; in Europe there was a king. The supreme leader (Japan’s emperor or a European king) would give land and power to the gentry (high-ranking members of society) in exchange for their loyalty and promise to defend the empire when called upon. In Japan, the shogun were the gentry, though their compensation may have been military commands (there were also landowners called daimyo); in Europe the empowered nobles were barons or lords. Beneath the gentry, the soldier class did the actual fighting in both cultures.