If you have glossaries in your course, you will have to transfer them separately after performing imports or backup/restores in between terms.

To import/export glossaries between terms, follow these steps:

1. Go to the old course and click on the Glossary.
2. In the Glossary administration(Gear Menu) section
3. Click on Export entries
4. Click the Export entries to file button 

In the New Course:

1. Find the Glossary activity. It will be present, but empty of entries on your Moodle page.
2. In the Glossary administration(Gear Menu)  section, click on Import entries.
3. Click on Choose a file...
   1. Click on Choose file
      1. Select your file
      2. Click Open
   2. Click on Upload this file
   3. Click on Submit