Viceroyalty of Peru: The Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that encompassed much of South America, including modern-day Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Colombia, from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Cerro Rico: Cerro Rico, or the 'Rich Mountain,' was the mountain near Potosí that contained the vast silver deposits that made the city so prosperous and important to the Spanish Empire.
Mita System: The mita system was a forced labor system implemented by the Spanish in the Andes, which required indigenous communities to provide labor for the silver mines in Potosí and other colonial enterprises.