The correct answer is A. The difference between both roles is that the commander in chief role deals only with the military, while the chief executive role is broader.
A commander in chief is the person who has the supreme command of the armed forces of a nation. In most countries this position is exercised by the head of state or the head of government through the minister of defense or similar position.
The chief executive is the person who exercises the direction of the executive power and is responsible for the Government of a State or a territorial subdivision of this (state, province, or other). In countries with presidential systems, such as the United States, the chief executive corresponds to the President, who also and simultaneously is the head of state.
The answer is the increase of trade and commerce.
I believe the correct answer is D. AIDS.
In order to make decisions and vote and be in the community, they had to be free people, meaning no slaves, and they had to be male adults, and they often had to be rich or at least not poor. These were the people who could vote and make decisions about the future of the country. It's something like an ancestor to our modern democracy.