Question

select the correct answer.
what was one of the global effects of the yom kippur war?
a. opec began an oil embargo of the united states.
b. arab forces gained new territory for egypt.
c. arab countries refused to recognize israel as a state.
d. egypt gave the sinai peninsula to israel.
e. the united states imposed a blockade on goods from egypt.

Explanation:

After the Yom Kippur War, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members, which are mostly Arab oil - producing nations, began an oil embargo against the United States. This was in response to U.S. support for Israel during the war.

• Option B: Arab forces did not gain new territory for Egypt. In fact, the war had a more complex territorial outcome with no clear - cut gain of new territory for Egypt in the sense of a large - scale territorial acquisition.
• Option C: Arab countries' refusal to recognize Israel as a state was a pre - existing stance in many cases and not a new global effect specifically of the Yom Kippur War.
• Option D: Egypt did not give the Sinai Peninsula to Israel. Later, through the Camp David Accords, Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.
• Option E: There was no such blockade by the United States on goods from Egypt as a direct global effect of the Yom Kippur War.

Answer:

A. OPEC began an oil embargo of the United States.