<u>Economic Sanctions</u> are conditions that a larger country <em>impose</em> upon a smaller country in order to persuade it to agree to do something.
<u>Political Treaty</u> is written agreement between countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders.
<u>Foreign Aid</u> is when one country helps another, by transfering resoucers.
<u>Trade Agreement</u> is when two or more countries agree formally on improving trade conditions with each other.
<em><u>Initiative process</u></em><em><u> is a process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters' signatures on a petition. It is a form of direct democracy.</u></em>
Referendum on the other hand allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by the legislature.
Recall is a procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election.
The Indian subcontinent is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. So yes, it is part of Asia.