The statement that best describes how the executive branch affects the power of the military is: the executive branch checks the power of the military.
The president, which is the head of the executive branch, is also the commander in chief of the military.
I'm pretty sure the answer is 500 bc
This is called: popular sovereignty.
"Checks and Balances" is a concept connected to the separation of powers: a separation between the judicial, legislative and the executive power. The concept of Judicial review is also connected to this ides: this is the power of the Judicial branch of the government to check on the other two.
The ideas of equality and liberty.
The idea of basic laws and that govern human behavior.
