Cause and effect of mining give 7 examples

Erosion. The exposed hillsides, tailing dams and mine dumps become eroded through mining activities. ... Shallow extraction techniques, geological discontinuity, and weak overburden can cause sinkholes which create a large depression on the surface of the mining area.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.