Answer:
A) European knights acquired lands from their lords, whereas samurai did not acquire lands from their daimyo.
B) Japanese feudalism was based on the moral ideas of Confucius, whereas Europe was strengthened by the Catholic Church.
Explanation:
The economy of feudal Japan was in many ways different from the European. Firstly, it dispensed with the master's (domain) plow, and, therefore, without serfdom and corvee. The small-peasant economy prevailed, based on the hereditary holding of the land belonging to the feudal lord; the rent was a natural (rice) dues. Secondly, the Japanese national economy functioned within the framework of centuries-old feudal fragmentation, giving rise to a unique feudal class - each owner of the feudal princedom had his own serving army, consisting of knights - samurai. Unique was the way to reward knights. Unlike European feudal lords, many samurai did not have their estates and received rice rations from the princes.
There was also a crucial difference between the cities of medieval Europe and Japan. The first possessed population concentration and autonomy unknown to the latter: their special weight in the frames of the feudal order was, on the whole, much greater. Moreover, none of the Japanese cities received a long municipal government. In Europe, the general structure of feudalism allowed the growth of productive cities, also based on handicraft production.
Initially, Confucianism primarily expressed the interests of the clan nobility - the upper strata of society, to which most categories of teaching extended. “Noble men” could belong only to these strata of society — ideal people who could fully comprehend Confucian virtues.
The Catholic Church was a stronghold of the feudal system. The Catholic Church was the largest feudal landowner. The highest dignitaries of the Catholic Church - popes, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, abbots - belonged to the feudal nobility.
