Responding to Globalisation quiz: O-Level Social Studies (SEAB 2261, Issue 3) quiz

Is harmony achievable in a diverse society?

How can we respond to globalisation?

Working for the good of society: whose responsibility is it?

What makes Singapore diverse?

By closing its economy to the world

By refusing all foreign investment

By staying competitive, upgrading workers' skills and cushioning those who lose out

By stopping all retraining

It guarantees no one ever loses a job

It stops globalisation from happening

It removes the need for any economy

It lets workers move into higher-value jobs as the economy changes rather than being left behind

By staying selectively open while preserving heritage and promoting a shared national identity

By banning all foreign culture

By abandoning local traditions

By copying foreign culture entirely

Ignore, deny, delay

National measures, community vigilance and resilience, and international cooperation

Punish, isolate, forget

Wait, hope, react

Because threats stay within one country

Because cooperation is cheaper than defence

Because transboundary threats cross borders, so no country can stop them on its own

Because other countries cause all threats

Between past and future

Between old and young

Between cities and the countryside

Between staying open enough to prosper and protecting citizens, security and identity from the risks of openness

By managing immigration, cushioning workers and safeguarding security and identity

By stopping all immigration and trade

By opening unconditionally with no limits

By isolating itself completely

None, since it is only the government's job

Staying adaptable and skilled, vigilant on security, rooted in identity, and globally aware

Refusing to learn new skills

Ignoring security and identity

Because the government can act without citizens

Because citizens can replace the government

Because policies on skills, security and identity work only if citizens also adapt, stay alert and stay rooted

Because globalisation affects no one

Avoid the global economy

Remove the need for skills

Stop all change in the economy

Attract the trade, investment and jobs it depends on, and help fund support for displaced workers

Weighing the responses against each other and justifying a clear judgement with examples

Listing every response with no judgement

Stating an opinion without reasons

Describing only one response

As a contradiction Singapore cannot resolve

As a deliberate balance Singapore manages, staying open while protecting its people

As proof Singapore should close off

As unrelated to each other