Question

Which current feature of Latin America was NOT influenced by the heritage of African slaves?

A.
music and dance

B.
religious practices

C.
government structures

D.
languages and literature

Answer 1

C. government structures

Reason: African slaves heavily influenced Latin American music and dance (e.g., samba, rumba), religious practices (Santería, Candomblé, Vodou), and languages/literature (creole speech forms, Afro-Latin literary traditions). Political and governmental institutions, however, derive primarily from European colonial administrations and later republican constitutions, not from the heritage of enslaved Africans.