The pacific coast mountains: a) are worn down b) are the biggest range in the united states c) include the highest peak on the contiguous u.s.

Pepper is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been known to Indian cooking since at least 2000 BCE. J. Innes Miller notes that while pepper was grown in southern Thailand and in Malaysia, its most important source was India, particularly the Chera dynasty, in what is now the state of Kerala.