Archive - The Portugal Civics Issue

TNIC Exam Preparation Glossary: Key Terms in Portuguese Civics, History & Citizenship

Key vocabulary for TNIC citizenship exam candidates. Last updated June 22, 2026.

10 hrs ago • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Age of Discoveries 🧭: How a Crusading Order, a New Ship, and a Customs House Built an Empire

Issue 07 • Pillar I: History 🧭Portugal's voyages of discovery (1415–1500) were less about brave explorers than about durable institutions.

21 hrs ago • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Portugal Civics Issue (TPCI)— Practice Answers—Past Issues

Free answer sheet for TPIC subscribers. The answer keys to every issue's practice questions found at the bottom of each issue — a new set of questions…

Jun 27 • The Portugal Civics Issue

How Portugal Became a Kingdom 👑: Afonso Henriques and the Birth of a Nation, 1139

Issue No. 6 · Pillar 1: History It took fifty-one years and four separate acts — military, dynastic, diplomatic, and papal — for Portugal to become a…

Jun 21 • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Portuguese Civics Calendar — July–December 2026

A printable guide to Portugal's national holidays and civic dates — free to download, print, and share.

Jun 14 • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Estado Novo: How One Quiet Accountant Ruled Portugal for Forty Years

Issue No. 5 · Pillar 1: Salazar's "New State" lasted from 1933 to 1974 — the era that shaped the Portugal you know today.

Jun 14 • The Portugal Civics Issue

Dia de Portugal (Portugal Day), de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas

SPECIAL EDITION 1 • June 10 2026

Jun 10 • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Constitution of 1976: How Portugal Wrote a Country in Twelve Months

Issue No. 4 · Pillar 1: History

Jun 7 • The Portugal Civics Issue

May 2026

The Carnation🌹 Revolution: How Forty-Eight Years of Dictatorship Ended in a Day

Issue No. 3 · Pillar 1: History

May 31 • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Nationality Law Is Now Live

Issue No. 2 What changed on May 19, and what changes to expect by mid-August

May 24 • The Portugal Civics Issue

The Four Pillars: What Portugal’s New Civic Exam Will Actually Cover

Issue No. 1 · The new TNIC, the four pillars of the civic exam, and how this publication plans to walk the next decade

May 17 • The Portugal Civics Issue

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